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<blockquote data-quote="Cruentus" data-source="post: 9094766" data-attributes="member: 7034645"><p>I think all of our campaigns start out aiming for the long run (multiple years). We did one 5e for 2.5 years, when it reached a conclusion. A follow-up campaign ran for over a year, and I ended it (as DM) due to conflict between 5e and the lower magic premise of the setting. B/X was supposed to be a longer term effort, but was short-circuited by a couple players dropping out after a couple months (they didn't like the one action per round, lower "power" nature of the game, etc.). </p><p></p><p>I agree that I'll play anything if its a short campaign or a one-shot, because it likely won't be a character I have any investment in. I prefer longer campaigns, and am slowly trying to get in a mindset where my investment is less at chargen, and more tied to how long I play the character, and what the character accomplishes in-game (emergent story, rather than backstory). Though in this short-run campaign, my investment was in showing that a lower stat character could be just as effective (and he was, as B/X doesn't swing ability scores as far with higher/lower scores). </p><p></p><p>Our "new to DMing" DM had a very ambitious set up starting in and firmly rooted in an elven island kingdom that was steeped in fey everything. B/X was definitely a challenge considering everything we faced, from pixies, to brownies, to sprites, to elves to whatever he cooked up, was way more powerful than us, even running out to L5. That, and I think he was hesitant to drop a hammer on us when appropriate, because... I'm not really sure. I think it came down to trying to meet everyone's expectations which ranged from "hardcore B/X gritty" to "always survive and win and never be threatened while becoming a demi-god asap." Which is where the curve was at the table. (and we've gamed together for 40 years or so, and it hasn't shifted much).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruentus, post: 9094766, member: 7034645"] I think all of our campaigns start out aiming for the long run (multiple years). We did one 5e for 2.5 years, when it reached a conclusion. A follow-up campaign ran for over a year, and I ended it (as DM) due to conflict between 5e and the lower magic premise of the setting. B/X was supposed to be a longer term effort, but was short-circuited by a couple players dropping out after a couple months (they didn't like the one action per round, lower "power" nature of the game, etc.). I agree that I'll play anything if its a short campaign or a one-shot, because it likely won't be a character I have any investment in. I prefer longer campaigns, and am slowly trying to get in a mindset where my investment is less at chargen, and more tied to how long I play the character, and what the character accomplishes in-game (emergent story, rather than backstory). Though in this short-run campaign, my investment was in showing that a lower stat character could be just as effective (and he was, as B/X doesn't swing ability scores as far with higher/lower scores). Our "new to DMing" DM had a very ambitious set up starting in and firmly rooted in an elven island kingdom that was steeped in fey everything. B/X was definitely a challenge considering everything we faced, from pixies, to brownies, to sprites, to elves to whatever he cooked up, was way more powerful than us, even running out to L5. That, and I think he was hesitant to drop a hammer on us when appropriate, because... I'm not really sure. I think it came down to trying to meet everyone's expectations which ranged from "hardcore B/X gritty" to "always survive and win and never be threatened while becoming a demi-god asap." Which is where the curve was at the table. (and we've gamed together for 40 years or so, and it hasn't shifted much). [/QUOTE]
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