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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wayne62682" data-source="post: 5223293" data-attributes="member: 40455">Not necessarily everything mapped out.  I don't mind some possibilities for changes based on our actions.  I do, however, prefer there to be an actual plot with some "forks" based on what happens, instead of a fully-open sandbox where anything happens and there's no real story.Since I like to make very specific themed characters that are tightly woven into the storyline, I've found I can't effectively operate in a sandbox because I have no idea what "fits" the campaign.  The worst thing for me is a game where I can't create an appropriate character but I'm left to my own devices, not because I'm not creative enough, but because I like my gams to feel like an actual story from the start.  I was never a fan of games where the story isn't even developed until midway through, because it doesn't feel like an actual story.Let me give an example to illustrate the type of player I am, and the type of player I "dislike".  Let's say we as a group agree to do a kind of dark, gothic campaign where the ultimate goal is that the PCs liberate their town from an evil vampire lord who has ruled it; so the campaign will feature lots of undead and dark horror.  Given this brief, I would go and create a character who fits the tone exactly, something like a paladin of the sun god who's brother was killed by the vampire lord; the point being my character fits into the story perfectly, with plot hooks and a background that lets him seamlessly integrate with the campaign.  That's what I enjoy.  On the flip side I've played with MANY players who, given a brief like that, would make a character that really has no ties to anything and is the "odd man out", let's say a dragon-hating ranger from a far away land, and then throughout the campaign complain repeatedly that there are no dragons to fight, just undead, and nothing in their backstory is coming into play.</blockquote>

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