With an extensive pregame (taking a session or two by itself)
21% (7 votes)
With some pregaming (as part of the creation session)
56% (19 votes)
With no pregame at all (simply setting the character background information)
21% (7 votes)
I don't game -- I'm a reader/world builder.
3% (1 vote)
Total votes: 34
Pre-game
Our pre-game seems to happen over the ether nowadays as not to cut into game time...perhaps as a result of staggered character generation due to untimely deaths.
I haven't killed a character
I haven't killed a character off in years, so it's difficult for me to answer this, but when I create characters i try to set aside an hour or so for a pre-game
- "Pardon me for living, I'm sure."
- NO-ONE GETS PARDONED FOR LIVING.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Mort)
I never kill characters..the
I never kill characters..the players do that for me!
Amen
Sad, but true.
I set up this ~beautiful~ plot line, and open up hordes of potential paths (action and political) for them to explore... and what do they do? They party wipe.
Again.
::sigh::
I try to enforce my self-rule that I won't penalize players for outsmarting me... but I won't save them from their own stupidity either. ;-)