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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8607082" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>And again you missed the point. Had the group not made the prince one of their contact. Had they not cherish that contact with frequent visits and discussions, there would have been no rescue for the group. Absolutely none. We would have went with session zero and moved on to an other group.</p><p></p><p>The only reason they had this rescue was because they had interacted with the world. They actually worked hard to get these contacts. I did handed them NPCs that they were not really familliar with, but playing the rescue is much better and a lot more interesting than saying:" The prince Thromel sent a rescue team and you are now back on your feet after a few weeks rest for being resurrected." That would have been boring as hell... The rescue team could have failed, the tension and the excitement and the stakes made for a game they are still talking about. </p><p></p><p>Again, the rabbit out of the hat is just an I win button. When players are actually role playing to find a contact, they are directing the DM in a new direction that they want. The DM is there to dress the world to meet the needs of the characters. It is through their role play and interactions with the world that the players will have an impact on it and will change the campaign world for future groups. No Dragonborn in Greyhawk? Well, in mine there are some, thanks to the idea of a player that wanted to play one. </p><p></p><p>It is not that the players can not participate in the game world creation/modification. It is that I restrict what they can do to what their characters are actually doing. See I as: "If you do not try to do it, it will not appear out of nowhere, ever..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8607082, member: 6855114"] And again you missed the point. Had the group not made the prince one of their contact. Had they not cherish that contact with frequent visits and discussions, there would have been no rescue for the group. Absolutely none. We would have went with session zero and moved on to an other group. The only reason they had this rescue was because they had interacted with the world. They actually worked hard to get these contacts. I did handed them NPCs that they were not really familliar with, but playing the rescue is much better and a lot more interesting than saying:" The prince Thromel sent a rescue team and you are now back on your feet after a few weeks rest for being resurrected." That would have been boring as hell... The rescue team could have failed, the tension and the excitement and the stakes made for a game they are still talking about. Again, the rabbit out of the hat is just an I win button. When players are actually role playing to find a contact, they are directing the DM in a new direction that they want. The DM is there to dress the world to meet the needs of the characters. It is through their role play and interactions with the world that the players will have an impact on it and will change the campaign world for future groups. No Dragonborn in Greyhawk? Well, in mine there are some, thanks to the idea of a player that wanted to play one. It is not that the players can not participate in the game world creation/modification. It is that I restrict what they can do to what their characters are actually doing. See I as: "If you do not try to do it, it will not appear out of nowhere, ever..." [/QUOTE]
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