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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3325226" data-attributes="member: 29014">Oh, that's exactly my plan for the new players--you've nailed it on the head.&nbsp; But I need to have at least some continuity though from the beginning.&nbsp; Have you ever had one of these moments:The PCs can't carry all the stuff out of the dungeon, so they hire out an NPC merchant to port the stuff and sell it, and sign a contract that everyone can agree with.&nbsp; Several adventures and character deaths later, they come back for their money.&nbsp; The merchant says &quot;I've never seen any of you before in my life,&quot; and he's right--none of the initial players remain.&nbsp; In that sense, I don't want killing Baeleth to do this, if he ever gets killed (almost happened last time, for instance--could easily happen next time).&nbsp; If he's the only one of the four initial characters who sticks around, then one little roll (a crit for an orc, a failed save-or-die, etc) will do that to the party.&nbsp; I've also seen parties that fell flat because the lack of initial players ruined the impetus to actually do the adventure.&nbsp; No, I need to have a decent number of the initial characters around.If someone were to take over Val, Verra, (or hey--even Rhaka), that would fix it.&nbsp; My ret-con idea would too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3325226, member: 29014"] Oh, that's exactly my plan for the new players--you've nailed it on the head. But I need to have at least some continuity though from the beginning. Have you ever had one of these moments: The PCs can't carry all the stuff out of the dungeon, so they hire out an NPC merchant to port the stuff and sell it, and sign a contract that everyone can agree with. Several adventures and character deaths later, they come back for their money. The merchant says "I've never seen any of you before in my life," and he's right--none of the initial players remain. In that sense, I don't want killing Baeleth to do this, if he ever gets killed (almost happened last time, for instance--could easily happen next time). If he's the only one of the four initial characters who sticks around, then one little roll (a crit for an orc, a failed save-or-die, etc) will do that to the party. I've also seen parties that fell flat because the lack of initial players ruined the impetus to actually do the adventure. No, I need to have a decent number of the initial characters around. If someone were to take over Val, Verra, (or hey--even Rhaka), that would fix it. My ret-con idea would too. [/QUOTE]

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