Case against continuity

[pemerton]

what other options are there other than stopping?

I kinda don’t give a crap about stories. I love cool, gripping scenes. Pretty much all the storytelling wisdom is about arcs, resolution of conflict, change. Maybe I’m a hack and I just suck at creating interesting characters, skill issue, yeah, maybe. Or maybe there’s something valuable in the distinct lack of change.

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I’m a renegade. Screw this. A leads to A to A to A to A, until there’s nothing but a barren wasteland, devoid of feelings to extract, and only then we move to B to pick its bones clean.

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You can play out the same conflict with the same characters over and over and over again, every time reaching a different climax.

 

[dragoner]

I don't see how you can't have continuity with campaigns lasting 4-5 years, the players would be all over me if I tried that.

 

[clearstream]

I don't see how you can't have continuity with campaigns lasting 4-5 years, the players would be all over me if I tried that.

I take the OP not to be saying you cannot, but rather that one can - for reasons they've explained - desire not to.

 

[dragoner]

I take the OP not to be saying you cannot, but rather that one can - for reasons they've explained - desire not to.

I can see the point of it for high replayability, and that is cool.