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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 5212886" data-attributes="member: 424">My reaction as a player isa)  can the ritual be reversed (most players are going to explore this avenue because until it goes boom, most people will try everything to stop or mitigate it.)?Be aware that most players are NOT likely to accept the 'you can't do anything to stop this' until Chicago swirls down the drain and the reality hits.  That is because in cinema and books, there is 'always' some way to pull the plug on doomsday and most players are going to try to find it, even if it doesn't appear to exist.b) save what you can or go for retribution - depending on the time remaining, what are my options - who can I save and how many?  Or write everyone off and go for the destruction of those who initiated the ritual.  It is unlikely there is time to do both.  The campaign is going to be different (at least until the big 'flush') depending on what the players think their priority is.  As for me, I will opt to save as many as I can then look for payback afterwards.The success is dependent on your players.  For me, I am not a big fan of 'you can't win' type campaigns, which is why despite liking the system, I could never get into the Midnight campaign setting, because the default assumption is that the ultimate BBEG can't be defeated, only delayed.I could get behind this campaign because it is one city out of many being lost and you can't win them all.  It is quite a different thing if you were to say that the ritual to summon Cthulhu was successful and the big guy is coming and nothing can be done and the campaign is about how the party is going to spend the last days - then no, not interested.</blockquote>

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