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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7022649" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I improvised based upon what the groups decided to focus on. I knew what was available for quests but didn't isolate any of them until the groups made a strong indication of their path and intentions.</p><p></p><p>One of my groups had a druid in it, and when I mentioned a raven was flying by he immediately tried to speak with animals. That led to a convo about other ravens at the Blue Water Inn, and thus they decided to go straight there. Once there, they obviously spoke with the Martikovs and that led them to taking the quest to the Wizard of Wines.</p><p></p><p>For my other group, they had gotten from Madam Eva that the Holy Symbol was in the possession of Lady Wachter. So while they did go to the Inn as well, they made no questions about the wine situation and were instead focused on going to Wachterhaus. As a result, the Lady Wachter/Baron Valikov feud took precidence once they began speak to the applicable parties.</p><p></p><p>Truth be told... most of the time a group will follow the first or second breadcrumb you throw at them. So if you'd like them to go to Wizard of Wines first, just emphasize ravens and the Martikovs. If you'd like the Mad Mage involved early, have Arrigal and the rest of the Vistani on the road leading into Vallaki looking for Arrabelle-- that leads to the Lake, and that leads to having an appearance of the Mad Mage. If you want the group to head to Kresk early, have Ismark convince the group to take Ireena straight there.</p><p></p><p>But at the end of the day, what has sparked the group's interest will usually be a pretty good indicator of which parts of Vallaki you can focus on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7022649, member: 7006"] I improvised based upon what the groups decided to focus on. I knew what was available for quests but didn't isolate any of them until the groups made a strong indication of their path and intentions. One of my groups had a druid in it, and when I mentioned a raven was flying by he immediately tried to speak with animals. That led to a convo about other ravens at the Blue Water Inn, and thus they decided to go straight there. Once there, they obviously spoke with the Martikovs and that led them to taking the quest to the Wizard of Wines. For my other group, they had gotten from Madam Eva that the Holy Symbol was in the possession of Lady Wachter. So while they did go to the Inn as well, they made no questions about the wine situation and were instead focused on going to Wachterhaus. As a result, the Lady Wachter/Baron Valikov feud took precidence once they began speak to the applicable parties. Truth be told... most of the time a group will follow the first or second breadcrumb you throw at them. So if you'd like them to go to Wizard of Wines first, just emphasize ravens and the Martikovs. If you'd like the Mad Mage involved early, have Arrigal and the rest of the Vistani on the road leading into Vallaki looking for Arrabelle-- that leads to the Lake, and that leads to having an appearance of the Mad Mage. If you want the group to head to Kresk early, have Ismark convince the group to take Ireena straight there. But at the end of the day, what has sparked the group's interest will usually be a pretty good indicator of which parts of Vallaki you can focus on. [/QUOTE]
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