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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4893843" data-attributes="member: 66434">Not in any way shape or form. I am saying that a character will make choices that seem to be the best for him/her at the time. This does not mean the most tactically sound option all the time. If a character has a younger family member in danger then planning a daring rescue against terrible odds might not be tactically the best option for the character's continued safety but the character may do it anyway because he/she believes that it is the right thing to do. That's an example of a character driven motivation.   Well it isn't true. I don't know how you got to that conclusion from that quote.    If the PC decides to get drunk because the character thinks that it would be a good idea, then why not?   Nope. Making a choice that is not relevant to the character in any way isn't a roleplaying decision. Having a character act in a given fashion because some game mechanic law of the universe says that they WILL have a time to shine and therefore MUST suck elsewhere is a storytelling decision made by the player.   A module can suggest all kinds of likely outcomes. If a DM feels bound to only use those suggested outcomes then game failure can result.</blockquote>