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AnonymousInternets 01-24-08, 02:36 AM

Well, I actually bothered to read through some DM advice around here (so far I've usually referred to the DMG and DM for Dummies, which is surprisingly good), and I decided to make a possible questionnaire for players when starting a campaign. I tried to avoid questions that would inherently affect peoples' character sheets and backgrounds too much. I also wanted to avoid making it too long, so I condensed it into 10 questions. Are these the right things to ask, given my campaign defaults? Am I forgetting something important? Would you do it differently? Would you even recommend doing this? Campaign Questionnaire My campaigns are all mid-high on power, magic, fantasy, and roleplaying. Please answer the following 10 questions with a number in the range of 1-5. 1) How dark do you want the campaign's atmosphere to feel? 1 Very Light-Hearted 2 Pretty Light 3 Average 4 Primarily Dark 5 Very Dark and Serious 2) How “adult” do you want the campaign's content to be? 1 G 2 PG 3 PG-13 4 R 5 NC-17 3) What portion of treasure would you like to be items? 1 Almost All Coins 2 Mostly Coins 3 Even Mix 4 Mostly Items 5 Almost All Items 4) How significant do you want treasure acquisition to be? 1 Steady, Tiny Parts 2 Common, Small Parts 3 Medium Rate & Sizes 4 Uncommon, Big Parts 5 Rare, Huge Parts 5) How bound to a group or affiliation should the party be? 1 Completely Freelance 2 Mostly Independent 3 Some Affiliation 4 Associated with Group 5 Integrated in Group 6) How large-scale should the party's adventures and conflicts be? 1 Highly Localized 2 Small-Scale 3 Regional 4 Large-Scale 5 Global or Greater 7) How morally straightforward do you want the campaign's issues to be? 1 Highly Ambiguous 2 Particularly Subjective 3 Somewhat Clear 4 Pretty Straightforward 5 Clear-Cut Good v. Evil 8) How much NPC involvement do you want in party adventures? 1 Minimal Involvement 2 Low Involvement 3 Some Involvement 4 High Involvement 5 Extreme Involvement 9) How focused do you want the overall campaign? 1 Relaxed w/ Side Quests 2 Somewhat Nonlinear 3 Steadily Paced 4 Pressing Conflict 5 Urgent Steadfastness 10) How strange and unique do you want adventure locations to be? 1 Very Typical 2 Mostly Typical 3 Fair Mixture 4 Particularly Unique 5 Very Abnormal