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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9590225" data-attributes="member: 9254">I'm pure A.I leverage published components maybe 25% of the time, but mostly I keep the mechanics as-is and rewrite the plot.&nbsp; Mechanics changes are generally to fix something dumb,The other 75% of the time the NPCs have resources appropriate to whatever they are and they use them in a way appropriate for who they are.&nbsp; Using the Pixie Riot band example, well, only a desperate corporate Johnson would hire them...except as a distraction for the &quot;real&quot; extraction team.Now a non-corporate &quot;greenpeace&quot; Johnson where the target is a well known corporate drekhead....that might happen.&nbsp; It's a giant question mark around PC survival, but it's at least a plausible series of events.Or a double-cross where the drekhead's corp decided to eliminate the drekhead and discredit ecoterrorists at the same time....This is a case where the plot is misaligned with the PCs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like a group of PC drow hired to protect an elven community. You need a lot of plot rework to make it happen.&nbsp; And it can happen, but almost certainly not as written.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9590225, member: 9254"] I'm pure A. I leverage published components maybe 25% of the time, but mostly I keep the mechanics as-is and rewrite the plot. Mechanics changes are generally to fix something dumb, The other 75% of the time the NPCs have resources appropriate to whatever they are and they use them in a way appropriate for who they are. Using the Pixie Riot band example, well, only a desperate corporate Johnson would hire them...except as a distraction for the "real" extraction team. Now a non-corporate "greenpeace" Johnson where the target is a well known corporate drekhead....that might happen. It's a giant question mark around PC survival, but it's at least a plausible series of events. Or a double-cross where the drekhead's corp decided to eliminate the drekhead and discredit ecoterrorists at the same time.... This is a case where the plot is misaligned with the PCs. Like a group of PC drow hired to protect an elven community. You need a lot of plot rework to make it happen. And it can happen, but almost certainly not as written. [/QUOTE]

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