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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7591992" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>Well, as an older player and DM, I do feel badly for anyone who hasn't known the love of a longer (say 5-years or more) campaign with the same characters. Sure, some players and DMs might get bored, but when the characters really seem to take on a life of their own it is a real pleasure to watch them grow.</p><p></p><p>My greatest one was from 1998-2003 with characters starting at level 1 and ending between 15-18. The VERY FIRST encounter was with an Age 10 Green Dragon (2E)! It attacked the elven town, killing nearly everyone but the party escaped along with many others. They had many adventures and the game lasted about 25 years in game time. They got married, had children, built homes (and castles) and established their lives. They traveled through the City of Dis (2nd-level of Hell), fought Beholders, Giants, Krakens, Dinosaurs, Dragons, and so much more! We played every week for hours at a time and never got tired of it.</p><p></p><p>The characters went to meet Corellon Larethian in the Outer Planes and faced his challenges to restore a fallen comrade (the wife of one of the other player's character). All but one succeeded (the husband, actually...), who decided to remain in the afterlife with his love instead of returning to the mortal realm. One of the players actually cried when the other player's character failed in the final challenge! The characters all said their good-byes and the others returned to the mortal realm. When it was all done, I closed my notebook and set it aside, announcing the campaign was over. There was stunned silence as the players (we had a total of eight of us then) looked back-and-forth to each other and me. Then we all broke out in grins. It was a good ending to a great game.</p><p></p><p>Of course I've run shorter games, but most last 2-3 years with short breaks maybe for another RPG. I hope some day you get a set of players and circumstances that allow you to play something that lasts a long time and really stirs your heart and soul to remember it decades later. I've had plenty of incredible games and hope to have many more, but those longer runs really mean more IMO. Best of luck!</p><p></p><p>As an aside, dragons would be 2-4 per year maybe, still more than your revised option 2 LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7591992, member: 6987520"] Well, as an older player and DM, I do feel badly for anyone who hasn't known the love of a longer (say 5-years or more) campaign with the same characters. Sure, some players and DMs might get bored, but when the characters really seem to take on a life of their own it is a real pleasure to watch them grow. My greatest one was from 1998-2003 with characters starting at level 1 and ending between 15-18. The VERY FIRST encounter was with an Age 10 Green Dragon (2E)! It attacked the elven town, killing nearly everyone but the party escaped along with many others. They had many adventures and the game lasted about 25 years in game time. They got married, had children, built homes (and castles) and established their lives. They traveled through the City of Dis (2nd-level of Hell), fought Beholders, Giants, Krakens, Dinosaurs, Dragons, and so much more! We played every week for hours at a time and never got tired of it. The characters went to meet Corellon Larethian in the Outer Planes and faced his challenges to restore a fallen comrade (the wife of one of the other player's character). All but one succeeded (the husband, actually...), who decided to remain in the afterlife with his love instead of returning to the mortal realm. One of the players actually cried when the other player's character failed in the final challenge! The characters all said their good-byes and the others returned to the mortal realm. When it was all done, I closed my notebook and set it aside, announcing the campaign was over. There was stunned silence as the players (we had a total of eight of us then) looked back-and-forth to each other and me. Then we all broke out in grins. It was a good ending to a great game. Of course I've run shorter games, but most last 2-3 years with short breaks maybe for another RPG. I hope some day you get a set of players and circumstances that allow you to play something that lasts a long time and really stirs your heart and soul to remember it decades later. I've had plenty of incredible games and hope to have many more, but those longer runs really mean more IMO. Best of luck! As an aside, dragons would be 2-4 per year maybe, still more than your revised option 2 LOL. [/QUOTE]
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