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<blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 1823938" data-attributes="member: 16991">I have always had problems with this concept in D&amp;D but I will share my experiances. 1. focus on 1 PC not good for party dynamics2. If he dies, the campaign is shot. I got burned on a master of elments game I ran - 4 pcs each to be chosen by an elemental lord based on actions in game.Well 2 pc's died, and when 2 new players were added to the game it really broke the storyline - now there were six? &nbsp;The best variation I have seen was in the videogame planescape torment where the Main char has no memories and keeps waking up in the mortuary if killed. - It has a great story explaining it, which I refuse to spoil here. but this doesn't get around the single focus rather than the group focus. Also in a previous campign I had one PC who was prophiced to lead his people into a new life, but he refused to believe it, and died before getting confirmation.&nbsp; Of course his followers (not the PCs) went ahead and founded a church with out him, causing upheavels in the halfling society.&nbsp; The campaign didn't focus on him but it was great for occasional plot hooks - Everytime they came back from the wilderness there was some problem with his followers usually taking less than 5 min to resolve.&nbsp; A lot of his money went to housing and feeding them, but if he ever needed say 5-50 halflings to do something, they were ready.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evilhalfling, post: 1823938, member: 16991"] I have always had problems with this concept in D&D but I will share my experiances. 1. focus on 1 PC not good for party dynamics 2. If he dies, the campaign is shot. I got burned on a master of elments game I ran - 4 pcs each to be chosen by an elemental lord based on actions in game. Well 2 pc's died, and when 2 new players were added to the game it really broke the storyline - now there were six? The best variation I have seen was in the videogame planescape torment where the Main char has no memories and keeps waking up in the mortuary if killed. - It has a great story explaining it, which I refuse to spoil here. but this doesn't get around the single focus rather than the group focus. Also in a previous campign I had one PC who was prophiced to lead his people into a new life, but he refused to believe it, and died before getting confirmation. Of course his followers (not the PCs) went ahead and founded a church with out him, causing upheavels in the halfling society. The campaign didn't focus on him but it was great for occasional plot hooks - Everytime they came back from the wilderness there was some problem with his followers usually taking less than 5 min to resolve. A lot of his money went to housing and feeding them, but if he ever needed say 5-50 halflings to do something, they were ready. [/QUOTE]

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