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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5535359" data-attributes="member: 3820">She's asked to play an Arythran before, so... yes and no?Which is fine, and I'm not arguing against that. I'm saying include the players in that estimation. Allow for the idea that it might not be just the GM who has too much invested in the campaign world, but also players. In the interest of making the advice applicable to as many groups as possible, basically. Well, think of it this way. Since we're using comic books as an example, the epic event With Consequences is a lot like, say, a comic event in which, to make a strong point, you kill off several characters to show that this is serious business. That can work for some readers, but it also loses others: every character is somebody's favorite, and it's really disappointing to have them be lethally Worfed. This is all the more true if the villains in said crossover are people who have just been introduced, and there's less emotional attachment to them than to the characters they're removing from play. Now, of course death in comic books isn't a permanent thing: but that's usually because of creator's remorse, when someone says "man, there are still stories I want to tell with Colossus, we should bring him back from the dead." That's why I advocate taking the players into consideration; are they Colossus fans?Again, I am not saying "Don't do collateral damage": I'm saying "Players may resent the consequences of specific collateral damage more than they enjoy the sense of scale and change, so consider their likely reactions." Doing collateral damage is fine for many games, particularly those in worlds built to support one and only one campaign. I'm merely trying to say that for many GMs, it would be useful to stress "know your players" first.A consolation carrot is nicer than no carrot, but not necessarily preferable to a proper carrot. And honestly, that's kind of disappointing to me: I'd love to see an answer of "here are some ways to play an epic campaign about building marvels and changing the world in a not-so-apocalyptic way", instead of "don't play epic." Unfortunately, that's a style of play that is not very well supported, likely because it's harder to do. Still kind of a shame, though.</blockquote>

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