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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5776723" data-attributes="member: 90804">It sounds like you've written a cool story, but not a roleplaying campaign. I'd suggest trying to think of presenting the players with situations and then reacting to what they do.I agree with Rechan's advice; saying, "Okay, you all love this little prince and have to protect him as you've been doing for the past few years" probably won't work especially well. What if there's an assassin or a warlock or another "darker" character in the party; what would that character's motivation be to protect the prince?If you just have a very amenable group that will go with the flow, I'd suggest maybe handling this setup via email or some other way outside of the game before the first real session. Explain that the PCs have been caretakers for this young prince. Ask them what motivates their particular character to participate. Provide some of the back story.Then at the table, get things moving. You'll still want to let them role play with the important NPCs they meet, but if the campaign requires a big background info-dump, I'd recommend handling it away from the table if possible.</blockquote>