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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 9586207" data-attributes="member: 27996">"Reroll" that's actually a clever little term...You don't even need to have the PCs be the characters from the films - you can just run them as regular adventures in a current campaign if the genre's are compatible.In my current Vaesen campaign I turned the 1999 Sleepy Hollow film into a sandbox adventure; I just re-watched the film - then went to wikipedia and mapped out all the NPC's, their secrets and motives. Then the PC's got sent to the area for the same investigative reasons as Depp's character in the film. Thus the investigation of 'Somnig Dal' began...And Yes, absolutely Yes; The PC's change everything; The "Lady Van Tassel" antagonist wound up getting beheaded by the PC's... Before that I ran a Star Wars campaign set during the Original Trilogy timeline. They ganged up on Vader and killed him on Cloud city after Luke fell down the shaft... Got Cloud city blown up. Took turns Masquerading as Boba Fett for half the campaign after one of them jumped on his ship, and killed him by surprise.All your players need to do is get one good roll when it counts, and the "movie timeline" becomes a different thing altogether.These experiences are why I dismiss all claims of certain IP not making for good RPG settings because: "The PC's are always in the shadow of the established main characters!"The real issue is that they just don't have the right players...</blockquote>