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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 7904811" data-attributes="member: 23935">Primarily because some DMs don't use just attachments as sources of dramatic need, they use them to try to emotionally torture players: &quot;Ah ha!&nbsp; You are too late!&nbsp; The love of your life is now a ghoul infected with lycanthropy and carries a nycadaemon seed in her belly! Bwa ha ha!&nbsp; And the town that the group has adopted was targeted by the world destroyer!&nbsp; See what happens to those that you love!&quot;.&nbsp; Other DMs refuse to leave the common history alone and desperately need to fiddle and add unwanted secret stories to reveal: &quot;Ah ha!&nbsp; What you thought of as a loving mother is really an evil lich bent on &lt;stupid plot #13&gt;.&nbsp; All those memories of growing up in a loving house are now moot! Why don't you like the plot focus?&quot;.Other DMs over-rely on the same set of hooks for dramatic need -- exactly how many times do I need to rescue Lois Lane before I cut all ties?&nbsp; Other times, the player wants to build attachments organically as play develops as opposed to stipulating such attachments in the past because, frankly, there is no stipulated attachment on the player's part that can match one developed during play.&nbsp; Or maybe because the player doesn't want a starring role in this ensemble cast and the more attachments that pre-exist for the DM to (ab)use, the more likely he will be thrust into such a role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 7904811, member: 23935"] Primarily because some DMs don't use just attachments as sources of dramatic need, they use them to try to emotionally torture players: "Ah ha! You are too late! The love of your life is now a ghoul infected with lycanthropy and carries a nycadaemon seed in her belly! Bwa ha ha! And the town that the group has adopted was targeted by the world destroyer! See what happens to those that you love!". Other DMs refuse to leave the common history alone and desperately need to fiddle and add unwanted secret stories to reveal: "Ah ha! What you thought of as a loving mother is really an evil lich bent on <stupid plot #13>. All those memories of growing up in a loving house are now moot! Why don't you like the plot focus?". Other DMs over-rely on the same set of hooks for dramatic need -- exactly how many times do I need to rescue Lois Lane before I cut all ties? Other times, the player wants to build attachments organically as play develops as opposed to stipulating such attachments in the past because, frankly, there is no stipulated attachment on the player's part that can match one developed during play. Or maybe because the player doesn't want a starring role in this ensemble cast and the more attachments that pre-exist for the DM to (ab)use, the more likely he will be thrust into such a role. [/QUOTE]

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