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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2142111" data-attributes="member: 19675">How do you mean "keep the characters?"  Do you mean he wants to keep playing the same PCs over and over?  If so, you can compromise- let anyone who wants to play the same PC do so, but allow anyone who wants to change PCs to do so as well.  As long as the PCs are compatible in conception and level, there won't be a problem.In a sense, think of the party like real life- nobody does EVERYTHING with the same group of people.  I play volleyball with one group, RPGs with another, poker with still others, and so forth.Consider one potential way of doing things- if that player were particularly attached to a thief PC, you could ask everyone to design a PC that is a member of the same Guild and run a Guild adventure.  The next time, the same thief could be on a dungeon crawl with his adventuring buddies (this is how that PC makes the bulk of his income).  After that, perhaps he's on his way to visit relatives and has an adventure with people he meets along the way (Wizard of Oz/Caravan model).  When he gets to town, he gets shanghaid and winds up in the Aggresitopian Navy as an impressed oarsman who wants to regain his freedom.  He leads a mutiny, only to wind up shipwrecked on a dangerous isle...In a sense, that guy's PC becomes the "Main Character" of the storyline, the campaign is his story...but the others may have many return roles.  And that model can be expanded to X PCs, where X = number of players who insist upon playing the same PCs each time.   And anyone at any time may switch PCs!</blockquote>

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