D&D 5E "I Prefer for My 5E D&D Campaigns to Have a Pre-Determined Ending Point" (a poll)

[el-remmen]

Here is the premise for today's poll (poll #16 for those who want to keep count). . .

True or False: "I Prefer for My 5E D&D Campaigns to Have a Pre-Determined* Ending"

* "Pre-determined" can mean, "when we reach a certain level," "until a certain date or number of sessions," "when we complete an AP, a certain number of adventures, or achieve a particular in-game plot goal" etc. . .

 

[DEFCON 1]

False. My campaigns end when they make sense for them to end... but I do not know what or when that ending is when I begin.

 

[iserith]

Unless I'm running an adventure path, which I don't prefer to do, I have no idea where the end is. It only starts to come into focus well into the campaign.

 

[payn]

I said false, but that is because I have not quite found the right sweet spot in 5E yet. In, PF1 it was usually running APs to about level 12-14 range and then calling it quits. I don't quite have a 5E equivalent to that yet.

 

[Jer]

That's a no for me - we play a campaign until it feels like a natural retirement point for the characters. That could potentially be at any level and might end up leaving plot threads that we thought would end the campaign open.

 

[Reynard]

I don't prefer it this way but since VTTs make it easier to run module campaigns, it ends up being the case.

 

[delericho]

True, sort of. I'll have an ending in mind going in to the campaign (likely including a level range, a final adventure, and maybe some other things), but that never survives first contact with the PCs - and that's absolutely fine.

 

[Larnievc]

Here is the premise for today's poll (poll #16 for those who want to keep count). . .

True or False: "I Prefer for My 5E D&D Campaigns to Have a Pre-Determined* Ending"

* "Pre-determined" can mean, "when we reach a certain level," "until a certain date or number of sessions," "when we complete an AP, a certain number of adventures, or achieve a particular in-game plot goal" etc. . .

I always have an end in mind when I plan a campaign. But I also have a back door in case the players want to keep going. But typically by that time they want something new.

 

[OB1]

False. I typically have an idea of where a Tier might go, but the next tier will be determined by what the players do in the current tier. I could never have predicted the end of either of my 1-20 5e campaigns at the start.

 

[Oofta]

I run a very player directed campaign. If I throw in stuff about a city dominated by vampires and they don't follow up on it, well that sucks for the citizens of the city. The campaign just won't follow that thread.

I generally plan on going up to level 20, but that's up to the group as well.