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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9022408" data-attributes="member: 9254">Agreed.my players always know that failure is an option. More accurately, that I have expected outcomes if they do not interfere. The success of the BBEG isn't a foregone conclusion.&nbsp; Often my BBEG's plan is flawed and will not have the intended result, but that doesn't mean they won't cause immense harm as they charge towards failure. &quot;I will release the kraken and become a god!&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Nope, you will get eaten by the kraken which will then ravage the coast and shipping.&quot;And if they fail to keep the kraken from being released? I now have a kraken of unspecified power and desires! Whee!&nbsp; What fun!The key as a GM, imo, is to make sure you take pleasure in both the players' success and their failures. You have the power to write backstories that achieve those goals. Either way should be fun for you. And it is best if both outcomes are fun for you, so the game is never adversarial or descend into fan-service.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9022408, member: 9254"] Agreed.my players always know that failure is an option. More accurately, that I have expected outcomes if they do not interfere. The success of the BBEG isn't a foregone conclusion. Often my BBEG's plan is flawed and will not have the intended result, but that doesn't mean they won't cause immense harm as they charge towards failure. "I will release the kraken and become a god!" "Nope, you will get eaten by the kraken which will then ravage the coast and shipping." And if they fail to keep the kraken from being released? I now have a kraken of unspecified power and desires! Whee! What fun! The key as a GM, imo, is to make sure you take pleasure in both the players' success [I]and[/I] their failures. You have the power to write backstories that achieve those goals. Either way should be fun for you. And it [I]is[/I] best if both outcomes are fun for you, so the game is never adversarial or descend into fan-service. [/QUOTE]

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