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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pedr" data-source="post: 9531617" data-attributes="member: 33464">Yes, it's useful to recall that the current form of organised play has evolved from the major shift in convention play from 'play a self-contained adventure with characters created by the adventure designer for just that adventure' (usually as a competition of some sort) to 'create a character which can play in many different convention adventures'. I think because we're such a long way now from the birth of 'living' campaigns, we can end up looking at something like Living Greyhawk or Adventurers League and mainly seeing the way they lack the characteristics of a home campaign where the PCs and the adventure are considerably intertwined, characters' have more agency without significantly disrupting the overall activity (since the DM can respond and adjust future campaign plans if PCs do something particularly unexpected), etc. It might be good to have a clearer explanation of what playing in an OP campaign can look like, and some of the ways in which players can engage to get the most out of it (like not making a lone wolf character who always wants to go in a different direction, or a very cautious one who avoids every possible conflict, etc) and the ways in which they can provide a different type of D&D experience.</blockquote>