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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 1277952" data-attributes="member: 12037">Ah yes, reminds me of a nice campaign I was going to play in, but the first thing that happened was that the characters were drafted into an army with no recourse. It was railroading plain and simple. We played out the campaign, defecting as soon as we had a chance, but the campaign flavor just tasted bad from then on and we always wished it had never happened. If the players have some part in the twist, if they can stop it or help it move along, and if they can avoid it if they want, then it's okay. Otherwise, the players lose all control of their environment and might feel as if they're only watching the DM's game instead of playing in it. Now, if you've played several campaigns with this group and you know exactly what they like, if they've been saying how much they'd really like another Ravenloft game, and if they're characters would fit well, and if you know they wouldn't mind, then go ahead and do it. Once, I sent a party to Carceri. They had LOTS of chances to avoid it, but they decided that barrelling in fighting was the best way to go about stopping the BBEG. When that section of the Plane actually fell into Carceri (which I had been hinting at for some time) it took the PCs with it, and they were trapped there for a good long time. Made sense, they could have avoided it, but they didn't like it after about three or four sessions of them trying to escape the Prison Plane. Bad idea on my part, I shouldn't have made it an option if it was going to lead to frustration, even if it made sense. So, it really depends on the situations involved and what is fun for the game more than anything else at all.</blockquote>

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