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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7510309" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Actually, I don't think it's weird.</p><p></p><p>Look at the counter examples that have been tossed up. All the "whaddabout's" about backgrounding the Enterprise in a Star Trek game, backgrounding a T-rex or an Allosaurus, I'm sure there have been more.</p><p></p><p>Just to go back a second though to the idea of the DM capturing the party off screen. Let's be honest here, most groups are going to not do this. It never works as well as the DM thinks it will and it's, by and large, considered a very bad idea. It's right up there with trying to run labyrinths and DMPC's on the list of DM BAD IDEAS. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>So, most groups won't do it. But, think about it for a second. Capturing the PC's is hardly a genre breaking event. It happens all the time in genre fiction. And, really, it's often quite plausible as well. But, still, we, as DM's don't do it. Because we know our players will hate it. It's a pretty good example of the sort thing that gets backgrounded for exactly the same reason - because no one at the table wants to do it. We background stuff because dealing with it isn't any fun.</p><p></p><p>It has nothing to do with powergaming or consequences or anything like that. We do it because the alternative is grinding the game through stuff that no one at the table actually wants to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7510309, member: 22779"] Actually, I don't think it's weird. Look at the counter examples that have been tossed up. All the "whaddabout's" about backgrounding the Enterprise in a Star Trek game, backgrounding a T-rex or an Allosaurus, I'm sure there have been more. Just to go back a second though to the idea of the DM capturing the party off screen. Let's be honest here, most groups are going to not do this. It never works as well as the DM thinks it will and it's, by and large, considered a very bad idea. It's right up there with trying to run labyrinths and DMPC's on the list of DM BAD IDEAS. :D So, most groups won't do it. But, think about it for a second. Capturing the PC's is hardly a genre breaking event. It happens all the time in genre fiction. And, really, it's often quite plausible as well. But, still, we, as DM's don't do it. Because we know our players will hate it. It's a pretty good example of the sort thing that gets backgrounded for exactly the same reason - because no one at the table wants to do it. We background stuff because dealing with it isn't any fun. It has nothing to do with powergaming or consequences or anything like that. We do it because the alternative is grinding the game through stuff that no one at the table actually wants to do. [/QUOTE]
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