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<blockquote data-quote="Calithorne" data-source="post: 7416422" data-attributes="member: 6874058">The purpose of worldbuilding is to have fun.&nbsp; What I mean is that YOU, the DM is having fun building a world.&nbsp; If you are not having fun building a world, then really there's no point to it, because DMing is a hobby, not a job.You should not expect your players to care as much as you do about your world.&nbsp; Here's the trick, let them make characters they love, let them do awesome stuff, and then they will start loving your world because their character is part of it.What that means is that you really need to make sure that character death almost never happens, or if it does, you allow them to come back to life without too much difficulty.&nbsp; Sometimes, a whole campaign might die because someone lost a beloved character.&nbsp; I've seen this happen on more than one occasion.Of course, sometimes a player wants his character to die to make some sort of noble sacrifice for the good of the group.&nbsp; I've done that twice myself, allowing my character to die in some awesome way that saves everyone else.&nbsp; Such a death should be rewarded by allowing the player who did it to have a pretty good replacement character, without too much penalty in experience points.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calithorne, post: 7416422, member: 6874058"] The purpose of worldbuilding is to have fun. What I mean is that YOU, the DM is having fun building a world. If you are not having fun building a world, then really there's no point to it, because DMing is a hobby, not a job. You should not expect your players to care as much as you do about your world. Here's the trick, let them make characters they love, let them do awesome stuff, and then they will start loving your world because their character is part of it. What that means is that you really need to make sure that character death almost never happens, or if it does, you allow them to come back to life without too much difficulty. Sometimes, a whole campaign might die because someone lost a beloved character. I've seen this happen on more than one occasion. Of course, sometimes a player wants his character to die to make some sort of noble sacrifice for the good of the group. I've done that twice myself, allowing my character to die in some awesome way that saves everyone else. Such a death should be rewarded by allowing the player who did it to have a pretty good replacement character, without too much penalty in experience points. [/QUOTE]

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