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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vaalingrade" data-source="post: 8726011" data-attributes="member: 82524">Because my time creating them from the mechanics to the aesthetics, to the personality to the backstory just got wasted. Because all of my anticipation and expectation for them has just just cut off. Because their story just ended unsatisfactorily at best and ignobly at worst. Because there's an inherent promise in the 'often' that this will not be the first time for that.I don't make characters to be throwaway proxies for the DM's story. I make character who are my part to play in a collaborative story and I do so with care and effort and hope for something interesting to come of them.And not, the 'danger' isn't fun for me. It's stressful in the activity I do to destress and have fun. I'm left sitting there wondering if all my time and effort and care is about to be slam-dunked into a trashcan and whether the one who does is is going to do a victory dance and expect me to smile and clap at the masterful job they did of just laying waste to my free time and interest.</blockquote>