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<blockquote data-quote="baradtgnome" data-source="post: 1267730" data-attributes="member: 2722">I ran a home grown 'prophecy' adventure series years ago.&nbsp; I think it fit more into the 'if you don't act' category.&nbsp; the party needed to acquire certain items in order, to defeat a demon.&nbsp; The party got 5 of the 6 items (missed on the last one) so they had to figure out how to stop the demon 1 item short.&nbsp; They were actually way underpowered to slay this demon, but these devices used in a certain order gave them a huge boost.&nbsp; But they could do anything they wanted, and come up with clever ideas I had not considered.&nbsp; (and did).&nbsp; They survived, slew the demon and had a wonderful, memorable adventure.&nbsp; And I was willing to have the demon create the carnage and chaos to the world if they failed.however...&nbsp;&nbsp; it was a huge amount of work on my part to devise this thing, and really required the active participation of all members.&nbsp; missing players would have been a real problem.&nbsp; I have not done another one since.like all other times when you want to lead them by the nose without it feeling like you are leading them by the nose - it takes careful handling.&nbsp; My favorite tactic is to put the information or item needed for nose-leading out of their reach, in such a way that it urks them to no end so they surprise you and get it.&nbsp; After that, it is their idea.&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp;&nbsp; YMMV&nbsp; good luck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="baradtgnome, post: 1267730, member: 2722"] I ran a home grown 'prophecy' adventure series years ago. I think it fit more into the 'if you don't act' category. the party needed to acquire certain items in order, to defeat a demon. The party got 5 of the 6 items (missed on the last one) so they had to figure out how to stop the demon 1 item short. They were actually way underpowered to slay this demon, but these devices used in a certain order gave them a huge boost. But they could do anything they wanted, and come up with clever ideas I had not considered. (and did). They survived, slew the demon and had a wonderful, memorable adventure. And I was willing to have the demon create the carnage and chaos to the world if they failed. however... it was a huge amount of work on my part to devise this thing, and really required the active participation of all members. missing players would have been a real problem. I have not done another one since. like all other times when you want to lead them by the nose without it feeling like you are leading them by the nose - it takes careful handling. My favorite tactic is to put the information or item needed for nose-leading out of their reach, in such a way that it urks them to no end so they surprise you and get it. After that, it is their idea. :p YMMV good luck [/QUOTE]

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