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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 5285479" data-attributes="member: 23935">I share the expected genre, world/timeframe, and tech-level/magic prevalence with the group and suggest which game rules I'd like to use for it.I'll talk with the players to set up the starting scenario, as necessary.&nbsp; this is especially necessary in those game engines where character design can add/affect areas of the world (like CHAMPIONS Hunteds, DNPCS, Follwers, etc.)As a player, I hate bait-and-switch campaigns.&nbsp; A character may be surprised as to his situation, but the player should walk in eyes open.&nbsp; A couple of infamous campaigns that were bait and switched (and fell apart because of it) were the following:&quot;Let's play Aftermath! set on the Mississippi River in a recent fall! &lt;OK, we roll characters, one is a fighter pilot originally stationed in California who ejected during the fall -- had all the skills for the job&gt;&nbsp; -- Look! you found the hatch out to the rest of the Ark Starship!&nbsp; Each habitat is 20 miles across.&quot;and &quot;I want to run classic Traveler! &lt;sounds fun&gt;&nbsp; Well, I'd prefer to run a newer ruleset -- we'll make characters in T20! &lt;roll up characters&gt;&nbsp; Well, I think I want to move backward in time to the dawn of spaceflight -- we'll make d20 Modern characters!&nbsp; &lt;roll up new characters&gt;&nbsp; Oh look! The fantasy realm is invading!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 5285479, member: 23935"] I share the expected genre, world/timeframe, and tech-level/magic prevalence with the group and suggest which game rules I'd like to use for it. I'll talk with the players to set up the starting scenario, as necessary. this is especially necessary in those game engines where character design can add/affect areas of the world (like CHAMPIONS Hunteds, DNPCS, Follwers, etc.) As a player, I hate bait-and-switch campaigns. A character may be surprised as to his situation, but the player should walk in eyes open. A couple of infamous campaigns that were bait and switched (and fell apart because of it) were the following: "Let's play Aftermath! set on the Mississippi River in a recent fall! <OK, we roll characters, one is a fighter pilot originally stationed in California who ejected during the fall -- had all the skills for the job> -- Look! you found the hatch out to the rest of the Ark Starship! Each habitat is 20 miles across." and "I want to run classic Traveler! <sounds fun> Well, I'd prefer to run a newer ruleset -- we'll make characters in T20! <roll up characters> Well, I think I want to move backward in time to the dawn of spaceflight -- we'll make d20 Modern characters! <roll up new characters> Oh look! The fantasy realm is invading!" [/QUOTE]

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