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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 4634037" data-attributes="member: 2673">This is wisdom.&nbsp; In any game, you do have to buy into the premise.&nbsp; In a typical D&amp;D game, the characters are going to be exploring dangerous places, killing the things that live there, and taking their stuff.&nbsp; Yes, you could run D&amp;D with a different premise and many people do - and you need to tell your players about this premise.&nbsp; Same with other games - Cthulhu assumed the PCs will want to investigate cults and monsters, Buffy assumes they'll want to fight vampires and do teen angst, AFMBE assumes they want to not be eaten by zombies.Players should have total autonomy, and its cool to play someone who needs a little convincing.&nbsp; But I'm not going to move mountains to convince your D&amp;D character to go kill some orcs, any more than I'm going to center the whole game on your Buffy character ignoring vampires or your AFMBE character dousing themselves with barbecue sauce.&nbsp; My usual answer is 'Okay fine, your character is not at all interested in what everyone else is doing and goes about his life.&nbsp; Would you like to make a character that is interested so you can play the game?'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 4634037, member: 2673"] This is wisdom. In any game, you do have to buy into the premise. In a typical D&D game, the characters are going to be exploring dangerous places, killing the things that live there, and taking their stuff. Yes, you could run D&D with a different premise and many people do - and you need to tell your players about this premise. Same with other games - Cthulhu assumed the PCs will want to investigate cults and monsters, Buffy assumes they'll want to fight vampires and do teen angst, AFMBE assumes they want to not be eaten by zombies. Players should have total autonomy, and its cool to play someone who needs a little convincing. But I'm not going to move mountains to convince your D&D character to go kill some orcs, any more than I'm going to center the whole game on your Buffy character ignoring vampires or your AFMBE character dousing themselves with barbecue sauce. My usual answer is 'Okay fine, your character is not at all interested in what everyone else is doing and goes about his life. Would you like to make a character that is interested so you can play the game?' [/QUOTE]

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