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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 4704720" data-attributes="member: 4937">I don't know about 'fair', it seems perfectly fair. But I wouldn't call it a very interesting story.If there really is a 1% chance of the moon crashing on the PC's, then we must presume that we are in a setting where the moon bashes into the planet(?) all the time, destroying 1% of all life every evening.Naturally, this raises the question of how the PC's managed to get there in the first place and why there is anyone left alive if this has been going on for a considerable period of time.&nbsp; It also raises questions about the event itself.&nbsp; Who is calling the moon down from the sky?&nbsp; Why are the doing it?&nbsp; Why aren't the powers that be doing something about it?&nbsp; If the powers that be can't do anything about it, then its not a very interesting story oppurtunity because deities and other trans-epic beings can't do anything about it, it doesn't seem likely that the PC's will be able to do anything about it either.&nbsp; The moon crashing down on the planet is something that would involve every being on the planet - every great wrym, every archmage, every high level being on the planet would immediately become involved.&nbsp; The problem this presents is we are gauranteeing that this story we are telling is about the NPC's, and not about the PC's.&nbsp; That strikes me as a bad campaign design.&nbsp; The campaign ought to always be about the PC's, and the story always ought to be centered on the PC's.&nbsp; A story that involves the PC's, but to which they can contribute nothing really, isn't very interesting for either the DM or the PC's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 4704720, member: 4937"] I don't know about 'fair', it seems perfectly fair. But I wouldn't call it a very interesting story. If there really is a 1% chance of the moon crashing on the PC's, then we must presume that we are in a setting where the moon bashes into the planet(?) all the time, destroying 1% of all life every evening. Naturally, this raises the question of how the PC's managed to get there in the first place and why there is anyone left alive if this has been going on for a considerable period of time. It also raises questions about the event itself. Who is calling the moon down from the sky? Why are the doing it? Why aren't the powers that be doing something about it? If the powers that be can't do anything about it, then its not a very interesting story oppurtunity because deities and other trans-epic beings can't do anything about it, it doesn't seem likely that the PC's will be able to do anything about it either. The moon crashing down on the planet is something that would involve every being on the planet - every great wrym, every archmage, every high level being on the planet would immediately become involved. The problem this presents is we are gauranteeing that this story we are telling is about the NPC's, and not about the PC's. That strikes me as a bad campaign design. The campaign ought to always be about the PC's, and the story always ought to be centered on the PC's. A story that involves the PC's, but to which they can contribute nothing really, isn't very interesting for either the DM or the PC's. [/QUOTE]

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