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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1276859" data-attributes="member: 177">Yeah, well, YMMV, of course.&nbsp; I have found that the true &quot;bait and switch&quot; pretty much overwhelms everything else that the players may have had in mind.&nbsp; All the background they've developed, anything dealing with links to the world they were in becomes pretty much useless.&nbsp; The dramatic, unexpected change of venue tends to override all other character concerns. That's as it should be - if you wake up one mornign in a different universe than the one you expected, that single fact is going to pretty much dominate your life for a long time.Do the players know it is coming? Will they have a choice?&nbsp; Is it a natural outgrowth of the plotline?&nbsp; If the answer to any of these is &quot;Yes&quot;, then it isn't really a bait and switch.&nbsp; There's a large qualitative difference between the usual case of a party having gotten powerful and choosing to pursue goals outside of their original world, and having the entire genre they expected to play ripped out from under their feet and replaced with a new one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1276859, member: 177"] Yeah, well, YMMV, of course. I have found that the true "bait and switch" pretty much overwhelms everything else that the players may have had in mind. All the background they've developed, anything dealing with links to the world they were in becomes pretty much useless. The dramatic, unexpected change of venue tends to override all other character concerns. That's as it should be - if you wake up one mornign in a different universe than the one you expected, that single fact is going to pretty much dominate your life for a long time. Do the players know it is coming? Will they have a choice? Is it a natural outgrowth of the plotline? If the answer to any of these is "Yes", then it isn't really a bait and switch. There's a large qualitative difference between the usual case of a party having gotten powerful and choosing to pursue goals outside of their original world, and having the entire genre they expected to play ripped out from under their feet and replaced with a new one. [/QUOTE]

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