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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 19481" data-attributes="member: 158">SInce there are many quite nasty DM's who frequent this board, I am always interested in improving my DM'ing skills based on the discussions and advice of the netizens of this board. So I ask:I enjoy giving my PC's the occasional convoluted 'Byzantine' plot line - A. wants this item, B. wants another item, C. wants political power and is using A. and B.'s desires to his own ends, D. is using both C. and E. for getting his hands on A.'s and B.'s items because they are more powerful than anyone guessed, etc. etc. - that sort of thing. However, I am quite poor at designing complex mysteries, and couldn't write a mystery novel to save my life.Does anyone have resources that they use for preparing plots such as this? Or failing that, what sources of inspiration do they use for such plans? Finally, this is the trickiest question, has anyone ever come across a resource to assist them in generating a 'Byzantine' plot on the fly? Just a brief outline like the one above, like, say, a good random plot generator? This kind of thing really helps in two ways:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">It gets the DM's creative juices flowing when trying to come up with a complex plot</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">It helps when PC's go really off track in a city, and you need something 'political' to throw at them. 
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Does anyone have any helpful info?</li>
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[QUOTE="Henry, post: 19481, member: 158"] SInce there are many quite nasty DM's who frequent this board, I am always interested in improving my DM'ing skills based on the discussions and advice of the netizens of this board. So I ask: I enjoy giving my PC's the occasional convoluted 'Byzantine' plot line - A. wants this item, B. wants another item, C. wants political power and is using A. and B.'s desires to his own ends, D. is using both C. and E. for getting his hands on A.'s and B.'s items because they are more powerful than anyone guessed, etc. etc. - that sort of thing. However, I am quite poor at designing complex mysteries, and couldn't write a mystery novel to save my life. Does anyone have resources that they use for preparing plots such as this? Or failing that, what sources of inspiration do they use for such plans? Finally, this is the trickiest question, has anyone ever come across a resource to assist them in generating a 'Byzantine' plot on the fly? Just a brief outline like the one above, like, say, a good random plot generator? This kind of thing really helps in two ways: [list=1] [*]It gets the DM's creative juices flowing when trying to come up with a complex plot [*]It helps when PC's go really off track in a city, and you need something 'political' to throw at them. [/list=1] Does anyone have any helpful info?[/list] [/QUOTE]

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