Paul

I thinkPaul meant to post this here:

The DiD Factory: " Mayor Jim was supposed to escape and come back to haunt them. Etc. Only naive players get joy from GM/storyline thwarting; it's a rare PC who can thwart and then come up with something on their own, and usually means that the player has GMed a lot before. But that's a tangent.)"

It's about the DM having a plan for if Jim gets away, and if Jim doesn't. That way the dice can decide. If Jim is going to get away the the players are just manipulated and the game is a sham. People falling off cliffs and living will seriously piss of the PCs and rightfully so. It the same as playing chess and having someone put a piece that has been taken and putting it back on the board. You can't call that game very fair. Now if players consent to this well, that is different. Consent is how games can be played "fairly".

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