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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 3312413" data-attributes="member: 203">My 'Rage of Dragons' campaign has seen alot of character turnover.  Lets seeJubal, 5th level druid killed by a Zombie Gold Dragon - dead permanentlyC'Nauir, 3rd level drow wizard killed by a 5d6 fireball - dead permanentlyYuna, 4th level Cleric murdered by an unknown assassin - dead permanentlyKnottbeard, 8th level Fighter/Rogue arrested for fraud and embezzelment - imprisoned indefinatelyRiz, 8th level Monk called away to his monestary - out of the game indefinatlyLovril 9th level elf Rogue - reduced to NPC status as the player had to drop out of the game.Only 2 original PCs (a Fighter/Cleric and a Fighter/Ranger) remain and yet I think i have been able to keep the story going and engage th e players and PCs alike by being relentless in driving key point home over and over again.  It also helped that 2 new PCs were directly linked to the party via their exsisting contacts and one has a vested interest in what is happening to the world's dragons (being a Dragon Shaman - awesome class btw).  Personally I really do think it is ultimately up to the DM to find ways to engage the PCs and players alike.  You will always have that player (you know the one) who wants to go his own way and seems to take delight in throwing curveballs at the DM.  I have learned to catch and run with such things now and playing 'off the cuff' still rears its ugly head but i always make sure I have a variety of avenues open to getting the PCs back on track.  Some, of course, will call it railroading, I think of it verisimilitude as the events of the campaign world are not going to stop just because Bob the fighter croaked.  Phil his second cousin twice removed will just have to take up the slack.</blockquote>

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