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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9066315" data-attributes="member: 6879661">You say this isn’t a game with agency. I say that relies on a very narrow interpretation of what agency means. Essentially the ability to make meaningful choices which can be broken into four components-Awareness: the player has to know that a  choice can be made-Consequences: the player’s choice has to be accurately represented in the game-Reminders: the player has to be reminded of the choice after they make it-Permanence: the player cannot go back and undo their choice (after seeing its effects)I think all of these can feature fine in a scenario with GM plots if by that you mean the locations, NPcs, hooks and Events that exist in the world created by by a GM.My preferred approach is the pitch. Followed by Q&A discussion. I say, I’d like to run an investigation based game at a time of political unrest in the city of Ubersreik using the WFRP. Is this interesting to you? What kind of characters do you want to run? I then go away and prepare a campaign that fits that. Once they agree part of the assumption is that they will create a character that has a reason to adventure in Ubersreik and that they won’t create a character with a burning desire to travel to Altdorf!I see adventuring as doing adventurous things. I.e not running a bakery or picking flowers on the verge. Raising your head above the parapet in a way that most most denizens of the world won’t. I don’t think you need to be a travelling mercenary - you can be a baker or a herbalist - but you’ll be stepping out of that hun drum space to do something extraordinary.I see dangling hooks as one of a DMs most important duties. The more appetizing the better.Mysteries are fun. Otherwise why not give them an open map of the dungeon complex with a brief description of each room at the same time as giving the AC?</blockquote>

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