DF: Does the world matter?

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Ulairi

When I've run D&D and those types of games, there is usually a reason the King with the Elite Guards needs the PCs to do the job. They have a piece of information about it. I've never had trivial things been that high of an interaction. I don't think that's a D&D fluff issue but a DM issue.

The problem could be in a region the king can't easily send his elite guards to for legal or political reasons. He could suspect that his elite guards are compromised and needs an outside (and expendable) element to take care of it. He could need the elite guard to deal with a different threat. Most of those kinds of things need at least an implied world if you aren't willing to ignore the issue.