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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1809423" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Not necessarily. It depends on the type of character, and many PCs will simply not believe it to be true. I played a PC in a RttToEE game who was completely skeptical about the whole "impending end of the world" and only happened to be along for the ride because he needed the money. Over time, he came to believe that the world might actually end and did whatever he could to successfully prevent it, but if he'd had a more interesting choice early on, he'd have followed it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This I agree with, but with a caveat. IMO, a DM should always discuss at the beginning of the campaign what kind of characters he's looking for. If it's going to be an epic, heroic campaign, he should mention that to the players, so that they don't create a bunch of pragmatic, amoral characters. If he doesn't mention it and they do create such characters, the "we're off to save the world for truth, justice and the Greyhawk way" motivation probably won't fly, and deservedly so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 1809423, member: 198"] Not necessarily. It depends on the type of character, and many PCs will simply not believe it to be true. I played a PC in a RttToEE game who was completely skeptical about the whole "impending end of the world" and only happened to be along for the ride because he needed the money. Over time, he came to believe that the world might actually end and did whatever he could to successfully prevent it, but if he'd had a more interesting choice early on, he'd have followed it. This I agree with, but with a caveat. IMO, a DM should always discuss at the beginning of the campaign what kind of characters he's looking for. If it's going to be an epic, heroic campaign, he should mention that to the players, so that they don't create a bunch of pragmatic, amoral characters. If he doesn't mention it and they do create such characters, the "we're off to save the world for truth, justice and the Greyhawk way" motivation probably won't fly, and deservedly so. [/QUOTE]
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