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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4461772" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p>Generally I don't like "Save The World" campaigns for three reasons:</p><p></p><p>1. What can you do once the campaign is over besides retire? No encore.</p><p>2. Why isn't [Insert Elminster/Mordekainen Equivalent] personally involved?</p><p>3. The PCs generally don't care. Really. As RangerWickett mentioned, you have to love a world before you want to save it, so starting out a campaign with "Save the world" before your PCs know or love the world is not inspiring.</p><p></p><p>My solution: ask the players what they want to do, and do that. It works like this:</p><p></p><p>Step 1: I ask the players to decide what they want to do.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Fill in the map."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Fight the Evil League of Evil in the City of Bigcity."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Recover the blade of Sir Strong Mighty, fallen in battle three centuries past in the land of Darkevil."</li> </ul><p></p><p>Step 2: We make PCs appropriate for that kind of campaign. Everyone needs at least one in-character reason (and preferably two) for why they're on this quest.</p><p></p><p>Step 3: We then decide on a Kicker. A "Kicker" is something just happend, like right now, that demands immediate action.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"My father's store was just robbed; they left the money and took a book."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"All of our supplies were stolen by bandits and we're naked in the woods. You hear Bugbears approaching."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"A thief just pick-pocketed the map leading to Sir Strong Mighty's tomb; he's running down the street in front of you."</li> </ul><p></p><p>This gets the campaign off right quick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 4461772, member: 1003"] Generally I don't like "Save The World" campaigns for three reasons: 1. What can you do once the campaign is over besides retire? No encore. 2. Why isn't [Insert Elminster/Mordekainen Equivalent] personally involved? 3. The PCs generally don't care. Really. As RangerWickett mentioned, you have to love a world before you want to save it, so starting out a campaign with "Save the world" before your PCs know or love the world is not inspiring. My solution: ask the players what they want to do, and do that. It works like this: Step 1: I ask the players to decide what they want to do. [list][*]"Fill in the map."[*]"Fight the Evil League of Evil in the City of Bigcity."[*]"Recover the blade of Sir Strong Mighty, fallen in battle three centuries past in the land of Darkevil."[/list] Step 2: We make PCs appropriate for that kind of campaign. Everyone needs at least one in-character reason (and preferably two) for why they're on this quest. Step 3: We then decide on a Kicker. A "Kicker" is something just happend, like right now, that demands immediate action. [list][*]"My father's store was just robbed; they left the money and took a book."[*]"All of our supplies were stolen by bandits and we're naked in the woods. You hear Bugbears approaching."[*]"A thief just pick-pocketed the map leading to Sir Strong Mighty's tomb; he's running down the street in front of you."[/list] This gets the campaign off right quick. [/QUOTE]
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