The biggest problem is most players aren’t paying attention and won’t remember everything.
If you do elves and dwarves, they’ll have some idea of what’s happening.
If you do the Wilfren and the Senderri, they won’t. Even if you explain it a dozen times. Even if you show them in a dozen scenes.
I may just have trauma from being in poorly fitting groups, but I think getting people to learn a bunch of your custom lore is always going to be a long shot.
If you make the world collectively, you’ll have a better chance of it working. But some players hate being creative like that.
The biggest problem is most players aren’t paying attention and won’t remember everything.
If you do elves and dwarves, they’ll have some idea of what’s happening.
If you do the Wilfren and the Senderri, they won’t. Even if you explain it a dozen times. Even if you show them in a dozen scenes.
I may just have trauma from being in poorly fitting groups, but I think getting people to learn a bunch of your custom lore is always going to be a long shot.
If you make the world collectively, you’ll have a better chance of it working. But some players hate being creative like that.