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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 2737495" data-attributes="member: 27051">I was thinking about this on another thread also (the one about Eberron characters wanting to be major players in the game world).I know exactly what you mean - many games are based around the idea of preventing Dreadful Consequences from coming to pass.  In many cases, the implication is that there is a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.  Plenty of fun games can be had with this model.However, I am firmly of the belief that even better games can be had by shaking up the game-world, by changing major elements of the campaign and by continuing to play in the evolving setting.I used to be of the opinion that major changes to the game-world might very well (as you mentioned) end the campaign, or at least cause me a major headache as a DM.  Often, this reluctance to embrace large-scale change arose out of a desire to preserve some cherished aspect of the setting.However, in one game, many, many years ago, events got quite out of hand and rapidly escalated beyond my control as DM.  I could have wrenched things back on track one way or the other, but it was one of those situations where it would have been painfully obvious to all concerned that I was railroading things for no good reason other than to maintain the status quo and preserve the predetermined flow of the adventure.So I sat back and let things take their course.  The campaign changed utterly (and I mean "flights of dragons come screaming out of the wilderness and lay waste to civilisation"-type utterly).  The players loved it.  I loved it.  It changed the way I look at gaming, DMing and campaigns as a whole forever.Now, when I am faced with the idea of something occuring that might change the gameworld completely, I roll with it.  Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't.  But the game will survive, evolve and be more dynamic and exciting because of it.  Which, after all, is why I play.</blockquote>

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