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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6888938" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Thanks, Fighter-Cricket!</p><p></p><p>I think a lot of the credit goes to the designers of the 4e defualt setting - it's very <em>playable</em>, if that makes sense, rather than just a backdrop or something for the GM to enjoy reading about between sessions.</p><p></p><p>But I also have players who get pretty invested and take their PCs seriously. And aren't afraid to play their PCs in a way that pushes towards rather than away from bringing elements in the setting to life (if that makes sense). They're not afraid to make their PCs vulnerable in that way, by having things they care about and are invested in.</p><p></p><p>Because the PCs all have slightly different goals, I keep waiting for the blow-up to come. And because it hasn't, yet, I keep piling on more-and-more. There has been a lot of discussion over the course of the campaign, especially in this final half of the epic tier, about the Raven Queen's aspiration to dominate the world. But this session was the first where I made that an overt fact of the gameworld (with the story and statutes in the Mausoleum).</p><p></p><p>Afterwords, the player of the paladin told me that he had passed a note to the player of the ranger-cleric (also a Raven Queen worshipper, but not quite as zealous) that stated that he was getting ready to use the Sword of Kas on the (somewhat anti-Raven Queen) fighter/cleric. But then the fighter/cleric gave up on his idea of trying to get the Raven Queen's name themselves so they could use it to force her to help the other gods without demanding more portfolios as payment.</p><p></p><p>And so the blow-up was avoided for another session, which means the stakes will be getting higher and higher on all sides if (when) it finally comes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6888938, member: 42582"] Thanks, Fighter-Cricket! I think a lot of the credit goes to the designers of the 4e defualt setting - it's very [I]playable[/I], if that makes sense, rather than just a backdrop or something for the GM to enjoy reading about between sessions. But I also have players who get pretty invested and take their PCs seriously. And aren't afraid to play their PCs in a way that pushes towards rather than away from bringing elements in the setting to life (if that makes sense). They're not afraid to make their PCs vulnerable in that way, by having things they care about and are invested in. Because the PCs all have slightly different goals, I keep waiting for the blow-up to come. And because it hasn't, yet, I keep piling on more-and-more. There has been a lot of discussion over the course of the campaign, especially in this final half of the epic tier, about the Raven Queen's aspiration to dominate the world. But this session was the first where I made that an overt fact of the gameworld (with the story and statutes in the Mausoleum). Afterwords, the player of the paladin told me that he had passed a note to the player of the ranger-cleric (also a Raven Queen worshipper, but not quite as zealous) that stated that he was getting ready to use the Sword of Kas on the (somewhat anti-Raven Queen) fighter/cleric. But then the fighter/cleric gave up on his idea of trying to get the Raven Queen's name themselves so they could use it to force her to help the other gods without demanding more portfolios as payment. And so the blow-up was avoided for another session, which means the stakes will be getting higher and higher on all sides if (when) it finally comes. [/QUOTE]
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