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<blockquote data-quote="Jedi_Solo" data-source="post: 4058380" data-attributes="member: 40245">Coming at this issue as a player, I fully expectsome railroading when it's the first session of a new campaign, not to mention the first campaign in a new setting.&nbsp; If there is nothing screaming Plot Hook! for the first session players are just going to look at eachother until someone says 'I go hunt orcs.'In this case I would expect my DM to tell me ahead of time that my character is just about to go through a rite-of-passage by spending the night near a creepy crevase that blah blah blah.I think as a DM, especially for a first session, they have the right to say 'This is what the adventure is.'&nbsp; If someone asks about issues with the birth rate and generational survival don't view it as an attack on the setting but use those questions for plot hooks.Player: But why are the girls sent there as well?DM: Women are seen as capable warriors like the men are. (Hmmm... Local uprising over tradition - future plot hook)Player: Wouldn't the deaths here reduce the future birth rate?DM: Maybe a little but not by much.&nbsp; Hmmm... There is the &quot;Resident Wierd Guy&quot; who has complained about this to the elders but they haven't changed anything as of yet.&nbsp; (Leader of resident uprising - future plot hook)Player: I'm sure my character would think this is a stupid tradition.DM: As I'm sure most of the local teens would.&nbsp; Your parents are making you go.&nbsp; There's some character background for you. (Must add parents to future session - plot hook!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jedi_Solo, post: 4058380, member: 40245"] Coming at this issue as a player, I fully expectsome railroading when it's the first session of a new campaign, not to mention the first campaign in a new setting. If there is nothing screaming Plot Hook! for the first session players are just going to look at eachother until someone says 'I go hunt orcs.' In this case I would expect my DM to tell me ahead of time that my character is just about to go through a rite-of-passage by spending the night near a creepy crevase that blah blah blah. I think as a DM, especially for a first session, they have the right to say 'This is what the adventure is.' If someone asks about issues with the birth rate and generational survival don't view it as an attack on the setting but use those questions for plot hooks. Player: But why are the girls sent there as well? DM: Women are seen as capable warriors like the men are. (Hmmm... Local uprising over tradition - future plot hook) Player: Wouldn't the deaths here reduce the future birth rate? DM: Maybe a little but not by much. Hmmm... There is the "Resident Wierd Guy" who has complained about this to the elders but they haven't changed anything as of yet. (Leader of resident uprising - future plot hook) Player: I'm sure my character would think this is a stupid tradition. DM: As I'm sure most of the local teens would. Your parents are making you go. There's some character background for you. (Must add parents to future session - plot hook!) [/QUOTE]

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