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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 2787359" data-attributes="member: 14140">Reminds me of a game i recently took part in where at the outset of "i wanna run a campaign" before chargen and much other discussion had taken place the Gm started telling me about how he had this plot already figured up and that plot already and he was going ion for a bit and, since he is a "story based GM" and ex-frustrate-author type I stopped him mid paragraph and asked "So, it bother me a little to hear how much of the story of the campaign you have already written when you don't have any info at all as to what or who the stars of the story are. You don't know fact one about a single PC but you already are into year three. Doesn't an author need to know the main characters, the central characters when he writes and scripts his story?"he sat paused for a moment.Anyway... this is part and parcel to why i Gm the way i do. before I get PCs, the extent of my campaign work is devoted to two things:1: getting a chargen suitable for my campaign with enough setting info that they can build characters.2: Developing a two-three session starter scenario that will be action driven and plugable with a variety of characters.then we do chargen.then, while the two-three session starter is run over the first three-four weeks, I do the bulk of my campaign design and plan. The campaign is built mostly "with my stars in mind" and so, if it features an undead invasion as a primary driver, thats gonna be because two or more PCs had undead issues in their character build/background.My campaign is built to tell the story of my stars, the PCs, their story.</blockquote>

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