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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8113803" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>The fixed constants are inherent to the concept of the one timeline. </p><p></p><p>Also the invulnerability of the situation would only come up if the party chooses to interfere and can actually do so. 18th level young Baba Yaga is not really threatened by 3rd level party in the woods so no real issue. You could have it be 7th level BY who could be threatened though and the party could choose not to mess with her so again no issue. If they do take out 7th level BY who does not have a contingency you have to deal with possible paradox because the one timeline no longer works.</p><p></p><p>Ways to get around it without paradox would be, its not Baba Yaga they killed, she got raised later from a contingency she had planned, there are many Baba Yagas not just one (or its actually a title in an organization) and they take revenge for the murder of their sister. Very similar considerations to working prophecies into a game, the reverse of going back in time.</p><p></p><p>The extent of the deus ex machina to preserve the timeline and avoid paradox can be strained narratively so the more the plot gets tangled up with itself the messier it can be. The party interacting with itself is particularly fraught for making this concept of time work in the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8113803, member: 2209"] The fixed constants are inherent to the concept of the one timeline. Also the invulnerability of the situation would only come up if the party chooses to interfere and can actually do so. 18th level young Baba Yaga is not really threatened by 3rd level party in the woods so no real issue. You could have it be 7th level BY who could be threatened though and the party could choose not to mess with her so again no issue. If they do take out 7th level BY who does not have a contingency you have to deal with possible paradox because the one timeline no longer works. Ways to get around it without paradox would be, its not Baba Yaga they killed, she got raised later from a contingency she had planned, there are many Baba Yagas not just one (or its actually a title in an organization) and they take revenge for the murder of their sister. Very similar considerations to working prophecies into a game, the reverse of going back in time. The extent of the deus ex machina to preserve the timeline and avoid paradox can be strained narratively so the more the plot gets tangled up with itself the messier it can be. The party interacting with itself is particularly fraught for making this concept of time work in the game. [/QUOTE]
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