(09-15-2015, 02:50 PM)SaintEaon Wrote:(09-15-2015, 02:47 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(09-15-2015, 02:43 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: A good hook considering I ensure any "plot" I "plan" is so open ended it can be taken everywhere.
I try to do that as well. I will usually have a general idea of where I would like to go with a plot if/when I present it... but I also try to be open enough that if something comes up that alters the path - or someone has some other ideas - I can roll with it. I suppose Gogon is a good example of that - original plan had him dead, and he's done quite a bit since when that was supposed to happen.
What if it wasn't just like something you roll with.
If it's not something I can roll with, then I don't. I might play along with it a bit to see if gets better, but if I don't like where it's going, I don't do it. Example, an "April Fools" prank resulted in Chachan being tricked into thinking his girlfriend had been turned into a male Highlander. It was odd, but I rolled along with it.
... Until the person decided to get rid of said Highlander (since it ended up somehow being some other, mental person entirely) by having them slip off a wall, crack their head open, and die. Right in front of Chachan. After the shock of having that curveball thrown, I decided to recon it to a bad dream and have carried on with it as such ever since. It was something I was not comfortable rolling with, so I ultimately didn't.
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