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alexandraerinI think my next task in working on A Wilder World is going to be to just write out the rules in terms of simple straightforward instructions. I've got a good handle on them in my head but I'm having a hard time writing them out... I think I'm too much of a very non-technical sort of writer. Conciseness goes against my grain. I keep going into asides about the intentions behind the rules and the feeling they're meant to evoke.
I don't think including those things would be terrible... a little more focus on plain language and clear intention would have improved 4E in a few places, I think, and so a little conversational quality isn't going to be a bad thing in the long run.
But the rules need to be clear, too. If they can't stand on their own with a minimum of explanation, then they probably need revising. Also, I'll be able to have a copy of the rules that other people can view and evaluate (and use to make sense of the other snippets I put up) faster if I'm not trying to produce the final draft in the first sitting.
Skeleton first, then meat. It's way too early to be worried about the skin, much less the clothing.
I don't think including those things would be terrible... a little more focus on plain language and clear intention would have improved 4E in a few places, I think, and so a little conversational quality isn't going to be a bad thing in the long run.
But the rules need to be clear, too. If they can't stand on their own with a minimum of explanation, then they probably need revising. Also, I'll be able to have a copy of the rules that other people can view and evaluate (and use to make sense of the other snippets I put up) faster if I'm not trying to produce the final draft in the first sitting.
Skeleton first, then meat. It's way too early to be worried about the skin, much less the clothing.