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<blockquote data-quote="Crispy Critter" data-source="post: 74991" data-attributes="member: 1474"><p>This thread has turned into a very interesting debate.</p><p></p><p>A DM giving players specific characters to play on one level is not so bad. There is a lot of ways to manuever and explore your characters personality and motivations as the game progresses. Someone who makes their own charcter at 1st lvl. might have a career or life-path in mind for his character at the beginning, but as the campaign goes on certain things happen to that character that possibly changes that character's personality and goals.</p><p></p><p>That being said, this DM seems to have a story in mind - instead of a campaign. His micromanagement of characters at the beginning level would cause me some alarm. It sounds like he possibly wants you to be participants in his story. Many times when this happens your character's free will is compromised greatly for the DMs plot-line. The DM might become increasingly frustrated when characters do things that he did not expect and impede the story he wants to tell.</p><p></p><p>If the campaign seems interesting and you see the possibility of creating an interesting character, then stick with it. If you see the campaign turning into a piece of fiction created by the DM with your characters as the centerpiece with no real control over their lives - then it might be time to look for a new campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crispy Critter, post: 74991, member: 1474"] This thread has turned into a very interesting debate. A DM giving players specific characters to play on one level is not so bad. There is a lot of ways to manuever and explore your characters personality and motivations as the game progresses. Someone who makes their own charcter at 1st lvl. might have a career or life-path in mind for his character at the beginning, but as the campaign goes on certain things happen to that character that possibly changes that character's personality and goals. That being said, this DM seems to have a story in mind - instead of a campaign. His micromanagement of characters at the beginning level would cause me some alarm. It sounds like he possibly wants you to be participants in his story. Many times when this happens your character's free will is compromised greatly for the DMs plot-line. The DM might become increasingly frustrated when characters do things that he did not expect and impede the story he wants to tell. If the campaign seems interesting and you see the possibility of creating an interesting character, then stick with it. If you see the campaign turning into a piece of fiction created by the DM with your characters as the centerpiece with no real control over their lives - then it might be time to look for a new campaign. [/QUOTE]
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