Re: [DL] Campaign starting help

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

 >I suppose the lesson to be learned is that if you need to chase
 >players away from something (a place, an army, whatever), make
 >sure they are willing to cut their loses and leave.  Players are
 >very ornery critters.

What I would prefer to do with this type of startup is simply have it 
happen before the game starts.  Start the game with the gathering on the 
hill overlooking their burning town.  Narrate what happened to bring them 
to this location, and then start the game.  :-)

Railroading bad. . . unless it's the PC death train. :->


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Allan Seyberth
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