Societal Storytelling
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Elemental imbalances lend themselves to societal storytelling, which is to say stories that focus on the impact of events on organizations, groups, and even cultures over time in addition to showing their impact on individuals. To evoke societal storytelling during your campaign, remember that elemental imbalances will not only cause problems for individual people (such as farmers whose fields have been flooded, or traders who can no longer find a familiar road in a suddenly overgrown forest), but also be reflected in society more widely. Additionally, if an elemental imbalance is a cyclical problem that has occurred before, the way to correct it may be recorded in folklore, myth, or cultural practices that the PCs encounter in their investigation.
Introducing an elemental imbalance in a place gives the PCs an excellent chance to explore the society of that place, and to understand its relationship with its environment and how that relationship may have evolved over time. Figures from the place’s past may be key to solving the elemental imbalance, whether to set right old wrongs that have been ignored by society or find new ways to use traditional knowledge.
Elemental imbalances can also be an excellent way to explore the rifts that already exist in a community and may be exacerbated by extreme conditions. Old grudges between groups or individuals might resurface in times of strife, or people might find ways to overcome previous prejudices as they struggle to overcome a common problem.
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Writ of the Wilds · Chapter 3: Finding Balance in Disorder › The Elemental Imbalance In Games › Societal Storytelling · p. 122
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Elemental imbalances lend themselves to societal storytelling, which is to say stories that focus on the impact of events on organizations, groups, and even cultures over time in addition to showing their impact on individuals. To evoke societal storytelling during your campaign, remember that elemental imbalances will not only cause problems for individual people (such as farmers whose fields have been flooded, or traders who can no longer find a familiar road in a suddenly overgrown forest), but also be reflected in society more widely. Additionally, if an elemental imbalance is a cyclical problem that has occurred before, the way to correct it may be recorded in folklore, myth, or cultural practices that the PCs encounter in their investigation.
Introducing an elemental imbalance in a place gives the PCs an excellent chance to explore the society of that place, and to understand its relationship with its environment and how that relationship may have evolved over time. Figures from the place’s past may be key to solving the elemental imbalance, whether to set right old wrongs that have been ignored by society or find new ways to use traditional knowledge.
Elemental imbalances can also be an excellent way to explore the rifts that already exist in a community and may be exacerbated by extreme conditions. Old grudges between groups or individuals might resurface in times of strife, or people might find ways to overcome previous prejudices as they struggle to overcome a common problem.