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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7575813" data-attributes="member: 2629">It is a role playing game.  Characters play a role in a story.  Make it a good story and it will be a good campaign.  Don't take agency from players.  Don't dictate their actions or beliefs.  Don't tell them they're scared unless there is a mechanic that makes them frightened, and then couch it as a superatural fear beyond their control.  Set the players up for great lines and heroic actions.  They're the stars.  Your villians can be flawed, can make mistakes, can be utterly destroyed - and that can be the highest point of a game.Don't be a slave to the rules, but don't ignore them either.  If you do not know a rule in the moment, make a ruling and move on.  You can look it up later and correct it in the future if it seems like it will happen again.</blockquote>