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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8690301" data-attributes="member: 20564">Easy, there aren't &quot;adventurers&quot;.&nbsp; There's a certain infrastructure of ruins and dungeons, hostile humanoids, feral creatures and dangerous abominations that makes being a very deadly career worthwhile.Remove it.Instead have some people, perhaps all marked by fate or destiny, that are reluctant heroes.&nbsp; Over time they grow to have lives, families, businesses, and those who rely on them.&nbsp; Yet when the dread comet hangs in the sky, these are the ones the Goddess of Wyrd has indicated can solve it.So start them as teens, do a 1st level adventure.&nbsp; Have them grow to understand a bit about their destiny.&nbsp; Then do a montage about the good times for the next five years, with everyone adding after your foundation and weaving their characters into it.Then once again the omen hangs overhead, and as 3rd level characters they are off to deal with things, weighed down with some generous gear the village has granted them.The next downtime tell of how they had parades, how people start to listen to their word.&nbsp; Spend more time with them about the next time of peace.&nbsp; Or use a system like Microscope to work out what happens as a minigame within the campaign.&nbsp; Then once again the omen hangs.&nbsp; Perhaps it's not as clear this time, and while they start at 5th it's months and they end at 7th or 8th.Continue the cycle until it near the end of their lives.&nbsp; Powerful, but ready to move on.&nbsp; But what the omen warns of of this time?&nbsp; It sounds impossible.&nbsp; For the final battle give them rules for martyrdom where they can shine very brightly, but for only a very short time.&nbsp; And balance the challenges so they will need it.And those that do, get accepted as demigods into the pantheon alongside the Goddess of Wyrd, while the others get to finally retire, the mark of destiny gone from their flesh, but their mark on history secure and on the future still to come.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8690301, member: 20564"] Easy, there aren't "adventurers". There's a certain infrastructure of ruins and dungeons, hostile humanoids, feral creatures and dangerous abominations that makes being a very deadly career worthwhile. Remove it. Instead have some people, perhaps all marked by fate or destiny, that are reluctant heroes. Over time they grow to have lives, families, businesses, and those who rely on them. Yet when the dread comet hangs in the sky, these are the ones the Goddess of Wyrd has indicated can solve it. So start them as teens, do a 1st level adventure. Have them grow to understand a bit about their destiny. Then do a montage about the good times for the next five years, with everyone adding after your foundation and weaving their characters into it. Then once again the omen hangs overhead, and as 3rd level characters they are off to deal with things, weighed down with some generous gear the village has granted them. The next downtime tell of how they had parades, how people start to listen to their word. Spend more time with them about the next time of peace. Or use a system like Microscope to work out what happens as a minigame within the campaign. Then once again the omen hangs. Perhaps it's not as clear this time, and while they start at 5th it's months and they end at 7th or 8th. Continue the cycle until it near the end of their lives. Powerful, but ready to move on. But what the omen warns of of this time? It sounds impossible. For the final battle give them rules for martyrdom where they can shine very brightly, but for only a very short time. And balance the challenges so they will need it. And those that do, get accepted as demigods into the pantheon alongside the Goddess of Wyrd, while the others get to finally retire, the mark of destiny gone from their flesh, but their mark on history secure and on the future still to come. [/QUOTE]

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