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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8957850" data-attributes="member: 29398">At the moment.&nbsp; Two years and twelve adventures down the road the party lineup might have ship-of-Theseus-ed its way into a complete turnover, and at that point those are the main characters in what is still the same (emergent) story!Characters A,B,C,D and E start the campaign.During adventure 1, A dies and B gets captured, replaced by F and G.Adventure 2 starts with C,D,E,F,G.&nbsp; E dies, B gets rescued, H replaces E.Adventure 3 starts with B,C,D,F,G,H.&nbsp; C dies; player turnover sees F retire and I join.Adventure 4 starts with B,D,G,H,I.&nbsp; G dies, replaced by J.&nbsp; H and I split off to form their own party, replaced by K and L here.Adventure 5 starts with B,D,J,K,L.&nbsp; D and J die, replaced by M and N.Adventure 6 starts with B,K,L,M,N.&nbsp; B dies, replaced by H and I, who return.And so, adventure 7 starts with H,I,K,L,M,N.&nbsp; At this point the whole lineup has turned over at least once, and in some cases twice; yet there's no question that it's still the same story and still the same campaign.And in case you think the above is a ridiculous example just to prove a point, I'll lob this in: I've DMed parties that had more turnover than this within a single adventure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8957850, member: 29398"] At the moment. Two years and twelve adventures down the road the party lineup might have ship-of-Theseus-ed its way into a complete turnover, and at that point those are the main characters in what is [I]still the same [/I](emergent) s[I]tory[/I]! Characters A,B,C,D and E start the campaign. During adventure 1, A dies and B gets captured, replaced by F and G. Adventure 2 starts with C,D,E,F,G. E dies, B gets rescued, H replaces E. Adventure 3 starts with B,C,D,F,G,H. C dies; player turnover sees F retire and I join. Adventure 4 starts with B,D,G,H,I. G dies, replaced by J. H and I split off to form their own party, replaced by K and L here. Adventure 5 starts with B,D,J,K,L. D and J die, replaced by M and N. Adventure 6 starts with B,K,L,M,N. B dies, replaced by H and I, who return. And so, adventure 7 starts with H,I,K,L,M,N. At this point the whole lineup has turned over at least once, and in some cases twice; yet there's [B]no question[/B] that it's still the same story and still the same campaign. And in case you think the above is a ridiculous example just to prove a point, I'll lob this in: I've DMed parties that had more turnover than this [I]within a single adventure[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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