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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 4582900" data-attributes="member: 99">I respectfully suggest that this depends a lot on the group in question.I almost never buy modules and I usually don't plan more than about 2 sessions ahead in the campaign anyway, so it would be fine by me if a player suggested this.&nbsp; In fact I've had almost this exact scenario happen to me and I just rolled with it.However if the group has mutally agreed that they are going to play the &quot;adventure path&quot; set of modules then it is pretty rude in my opinion for a player to try and hijack the direction the game is going.&nbsp; The GM and/or other players have invested some money and probably quite a bit of time in preparing for upcoming adventures.&nbsp; Taking a &quot;complete left turn&quot; forces the abandonment of that investment or else simply telling you &quot;Ok, your character leaves the party and goes off to fight vikings.&nbsp; What's your new character for the adventure path campaign going to be like?&quot;That being said, I think it's perfectly fine for the player to express to the GM that he would like to see aspects of his character background and motivations be tied into the agreed upon set of modules the group is playing.&nbsp; One reason that I rarely buy modules is that I spend so much time customizing them to my group to add these sorts of ties that, in the end, I'd have had an easier time just writing it from scratch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 4582900, member: 99"] I respectfully suggest that this depends a lot on the group in question. I almost never buy modules and I usually don't plan more than about 2 sessions ahead in the campaign anyway, so it would be fine by me if a player suggested this. In fact I've had almost this exact scenario happen to me and I just rolled with it. However if the group has mutally agreed that they are going to play the "adventure path" set of modules then it is pretty rude in my opinion for a player to try and hijack the direction the game is going. The GM and/or other players have invested some money and probably quite a bit of time in preparing for upcoming adventures. Taking a "complete left turn" forces the abandonment of that investment or else simply telling you "Ok, your character leaves the party and goes off to fight vikings. What's your new character for the adventure path campaign going to be like?" That being said, I think it's perfectly fine for the player to express to the GM that he would like to see aspects of his character background and motivations be tied into the agreed upon set of modules the group is playing. One reason that I rarely buy modules is that I spend so much time customizing them to my group to add these sorts of ties that, in the end, I'd have had an easier time just writing it from scratch. [/QUOTE]

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