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<blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 7918465" data-attributes="member: 6688277">I'm happy if your intention in the use of dramatic character arcs in the excerpt of your post was in relation to application of the mechanics in play. It did not specifically state it so hence I took issue with the comment.What about this -Character discovers secret backstory by DM (I know) which could emotionally-affect a change in the character (in 5e one could pick up or lose a personality trait) via application of a mechanic (homebrewed or whatever, you could use the Sanity rules here for instance). This GM force (via Backstory) could be negated by the player via a character resource (resource could be an Inspiration point, or sacrificing it for a period of time).Isn't that similar to your Prince Valiant RPG but in THIS instance there is a &quot;story already written by the GM or module or whomever&quot; and the GM knows how the adventure might unfold, but now there has been a dramatic character arc produced via application of the mechanics in play?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sadras, post: 7918465, member: 6688277"] I'm happy if your intention in the use of [I]dramatic character arcs[/I] in the excerpt of your post was in relation to application of the mechanics in play. It did not specifically state it so hence I took issue with the comment. What about this - Character discovers secret backstory by DM (I know) which could emotionally-affect a change in the character (in 5e one could pick up or lose a personality trait) via application of a mechanic (homebrewed or whatever, you could use the Sanity rules here for instance). This GM force (via Backstory) could be negated by the player via a character resource (resource could be an Inspiration point, or sacrificing it for a period of time). Isn't that similar to your Prince Valiant RPG but in THIS instance there is a "story already written by the GM or module or whomever" and the GM knows how the adventure might unfold, but now there has been a dramatic character arc produced via application of the mechanics in play? [/QUOTE]

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