Campaign: failing in the end

[Charrend]

rorek55 wrote:

also, good should always defeat evil.

This. I believe this should be 1 or 2 sessions before the main campaign of reclaiming the world from darkness. Playing characters from 1-20 just to have them die without even defeating the bad guy would feel pretty lame. It's even worse if you tell them beforehand. What would be the point?

[Liegence]

There is no win or lose in an RPG imho. There is only the enjoyment of the story.

End a game like the way Mass Effect 3 ended you should expect criticism.

[Calybos1]

If you've already decided how the story will play out, including the ending...

Go ahead and write the damn novel. Don't lure your players in with a pretense that their actions will make a difference.