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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melhaic" data-source="post: 4147271" data-attributes="member: 57361">I'm right with you on the fudging, but generally unless it's mega lethal I just have the PC put in a bad place: in prison, temporarily/permanently maimed, bad guy knows identity now, girlfriend kidnapped, etc.I guess it's a preference thing, but I prefer having the PC around the same population so they begin to care about the conflicts not just because the want their side to "win", but also because their drinking buddy Bill the baker and his nice wife that cooks pies (not to mention thier kids) will be impacted by the actions. The ship campaign (along with its parallel, the mecrcenary company campaign) tends to work best for me with a small group of 2-3 players: they tend to form a clique within the larger group.The destined character, as you said, is wonderful and almost required for a solo campaign.I choose episodic not only because of in game consideration, but also because the guy I play with is one of my best friends, and we are often hanging out and D&D breaks out, unplanned. We then go do something else, and maybe go back to it later. Maybe we are just ADHD??? Oh, and I do run more of a Swords and Sorcery than high fantasy game.</blockquote>