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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7913631" data-attributes="member: 4937">It's hard to know exactly what you are describing though with this sort of play though, and I feel it would cover basically any sort of game where the players have agency.For example, it could be a traditional mega-dungeon with a haven/delve format, where the players decide each session which unexplored portion of the dungeon they wish to push based on their preferences.Or you could have a sandbox of some sort, perhaps a hex crawl, where the players are exploring and evolving their own goals within the setting.None of that need be particularly driven by the personality of the characters. For example, a wizard that is seeking a certain spell books, or a fighter seeking a famed magic sword, has a goal driven by the characters needs, but there is in this scenario no deep &quot;emotional resonance&quot; that the OP finds missing in his games. There may be great enjoyment, and feelings of accomplishment, and moments of awesomeness that earn one high fives that are latter reminisced about when recounting the good times of the campaign, but all of that really has more to do with the emotion of the player than the player connecting with the emotions of his character.So what I feel is that what you are more often discussing is actually &quot;player driven play&quot; than it is &quot;character driven play&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Player driven play is a great thing, but to me it feels rather tangential to what the OP is talking about.&nbsp;&nbsp; Character driven play tends to produce deep emotional connections with NPCs and sometimes even with the characters of other players.&nbsp; It gives you &quot;the feels&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7913631, member: 4937"] It's hard to know exactly what you are describing though with this sort of play though, and I feel it would cover basically any sort of game where the players have agency. For example, it could be a traditional mega-dungeon with a haven/delve format, where the players decide each session which unexplored portion of the dungeon they wish to push based on their preferences. Or you could have a sandbox of some sort, perhaps a hex crawl, where the players are exploring and evolving their own goals within the setting. None of that need be particularly driven by the personality of the characters. For example, a wizard that is seeking a certain spell books, or a fighter seeking a famed magic sword, has a goal driven by the characters needs, but there is in this scenario no deep "emotional resonance" that the OP finds missing in his games. There may be great enjoyment, and feelings of accomplishment, and moments of awesomeness that earn one high fives that are latter reminisced about when recounting the good times of the campaign, but all of that really has more to do with the emotion of the player than the player connecting with the emotions of his character. So what I feel is that what you are more often discussing is actually "player driven play" than it is "character driven play". Player driven play is a great thing, but to me it feels rather tangential to what the OP is talking about. Character driven play tends to produce deep emotional connections with NPCs and sometimes even with the characters of other players. It gives you "the feels". [/QUOTE]

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