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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 6243164" data-attributes="member: 386">Good points.I'm not sure factions in a setting/adventure book (whatever you want to call it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) become wasted space if the PCs don't interact with them - the presence of a faction should influence the NPC's behaviour.  But I see your point.Setting up game parameters is a subject for a lot of discussion.  You're right when you say that the players have to be willing to engage with the game.  I guess the question that all DMs or groups face is how to start the game off on the right foot, in accordance with what one wants out of the game.  There are a lot of ways to do it but I think not all are right for different groups.If I remember correctly, he was possessed by the court mage.  I'd call that pretty reluctant!  Though he wasn't the major focus for play, as it turned out.  You could ask [MENTION=6696971]Manbearcat[/MENTION] why that was (if you're still interested).I had some things I wanted to discuss - success/failures, the scope of abilities, intra-party conflicts, maybe some other stuff?</blockquote>