Congratulations. Having high level characters and well rounded players does make everything smoother. If you've had those, I envy you. But not much.
I've managed a couple of games but I always made my plots to willfully accomodate chaos. I like to reward stupidity and recklessness. After a couple of disastrous events, the table tends to settle down and the mood tends to loosen up.
I'm fairly comfortable saying we have different approaches to playing and play directing. Which is good.
That is scripting.
Are we playing a campaign or renacting the Lord of the Rings?
Live for the chaos and mayhem. Expect it. Thrive from it. And tell the players that if their precious avatar dies, it's on them, exclusively.
A campaign should be built around goals, capable of being moved around, delayed or put ahead of schedule as needed.
The players are walking in the campaign blind. It's not their concern if a random action - that may be completely in line with their character - ampers, deviates or collapses the entire campaign.
Set wide goals, expect mayhem, have fun. Anything more than this is wishful thinking.
DnD is no more just dungeons and dragons. The moment it becomes an open world, the players roam around and do mischief.
If you want to play out your dream campaingn, write a book. It will never play as you expect or want. Unless you have the play fully scripted, with fixed roles and outcomes, it will derail.
You're welcome to down vote to your content.
Cruelty met in kind.
Wait... the computer grew boobs? How?!
I will see myself out and kick me in the process.
Me and moustaches are going to remain amicably unrelated.
I don't have enough hair on my face to qualify for a moustache. Even if I let it grow for a month, I look like a balding rat.
If one does not have facial hair, they do not use the 80's mustache. So, since my facial hair is, to say the least, lacking, I don't use th 80's mustache.
Where did I failed to follow your reasoning? I got that feeling.
I don't. That simple.
Ah, a classic!
Tattoos or scarification comes to mind. Weird piercings. Or funny hats.
I made up my mind very early that if/when I get bald, I'll just shave my head. Makes no sense to me to hold on to half dozen hairs on my head. But I wouldn't like to see everyone bald. I like seeing how people use their hair to express themselves. When I see someone with their hair dyed a wild color my only concern is how bad it may be for the hair and if I'm crossing that narrow line between looking and staring. But the look? Really not my concern. Makes the world a more interesting place to exist.
Mom! Grandma is here to visit!