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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 7064936" data-attributes="member: 6788736"><p>Time critical quests. Such as:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Find a cure for the plague by time x or else the villagers die.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The BBEG has captured the Princess and intends to sacrifice her at midnight releasing a powerful Demon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bandits will only be in the dungeon for another 24 hours and then they move: taking the MacGuffin with them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The NPC who has hired you to recover the MacGuffin needs it in three days time so he can present to the King on his birthday.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You have all been cursed by powerfull Specter. At midnight you all age 50 years unless you can recover the spectres remains, and give him a proper burial.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The evil archmage has left his Tower and will return in the morning. What relics can you loot before he does so?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your NPC ally has been captured by Bandits. The main force returns in 12 hours time leaving you little time to rescue him from their evil clutches.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You find yourself trapped in the dungeon. The ship that dropped you off here will leave in three days time marooning you if you cannot find the exit before then.</li> </ul><p>Etc.</p><p></p><p>Not only are time critical quests much more fun (It's totally boring to have all the time in the world to do whatever you want to do) they are also much more realistic. No one ever has all the time in the world to do what they want. </p><p></p><p>Especially not heroes in fiction.</p><p></p><p>I don't use this technique all the time of course. On other days I can enforce the longer adventure in day via a reactive environment (The BBEEG up and leaves, destroys the MacGuffin or takes it with him or hunts down the player characters or whatever).</p><p></p><p>Rare indeed is an adventuring day when neither happens. Where is the adventure in that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 7064936, member: 6788736"] Time critical quests. Such as: [LIST] [*]Find a cure for the plague by time x or else the villagers die. [*]The BBEG has captured the Princess and intends to sacrifice her at midnight releasing a powerful Demon. [*]The bandits will only be in the dungeon for another 24 hours and then they move: taking the MacGuffin with them. [*]The NPC who has hired you to recover the MacGuffin needs it in three days time so he can present to the King on his birthday. [*]You have all been cursed by powerfull Specter. At midnight you all age 50 years unless you can recover the spectres remains, and give him a proper burial. [*]The evil archmage has left his Tower and will return in the morning. What relics can you loot before he does so? [*]Your NPC ally has been captured by Bandits. The main force returns in 12 hours time leaving you little time to rescue him from their evil clutches. [*]You find yourself trapped in the dungeon. The ship that dropped you off here will leave in three days time marooning you if you cannot find the exit before then. [/LIST] Etc. Not only are time critical quests much more fun (It's totally boring to have all the time in the world to do whatever you want to do) they are also much more realistic. No one ever has all the time in the world to do what they want. Especially not heroes in fiction. I don't use this technique all the time of course. On other days I can enforce the longer adventure in day via a reactive environment (The BBEEG up and leaves, destroys the MacGuffin or takes it with him or hunts down the player characters or whatever). Rare indeed is an adventuring day when neither happens. Where is the adventure in that? [/QUOTE]
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