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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5257503" data-attributes="member: 25619">Maybe this is what the OP's players fear -- that they will be given missions they can't refuse even though "I've got a bad feeling about this".  I've definitely had players who resisted adventure hooks, but at the end of the day, if you want to play, you're going to participate, one way or another, in whatever the day's adventure is.  The player's choice is in HOW to react to the scenario, not in what the scenario is, for the most part.  (Though I do often discuss what the next adventure should be, OOC.)The choice to say "heck no, we won't go" is an illusion, in every RPG I've ever played -- and really doing so would involve a seriously broken DM/player relationship:DM:  "Hey guys, I bought this neat adventure, and spent dozens of hours customizing it.  Let's go."Player:  "No, I don't like the hook.  My PC is not motivated by this and wants to stay in town instead.  You should wing an urban adventure for the rest of the game day -- preferably with opponents who are weak for my level yet have unexpectedly large amounts of treasure, then buy a new adventure for us, and prep something new for next time.  Also, the free beer you're giving me isn't frosty enough.  Go fetch me another."I have a feeling I'll be flamed for not being sandbox-friendly, but this is my experience as a DM and a player.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Agreed.  The military campaign can eliminate a lot of the petty aspects of D&D.</blockquote>

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