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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2742645" data-attributes="member: 22622">I agree, I think one of the dm's most difficult jobs to walk the thin line between making the pcs actions count, yet making sure that they understand that there is an entire world of activity going on that they can not control. In an excell spreadsheet, I keep a plot pregression chart.&nbsp; There's are several overarching plots that the pcs have yet to encounter or deal with, and may never deal with for all Iknow.&nbsp; But every few sessions Ill go to the chart and jot some notes down as to what changed and how fluid that plan is.&nbsp; For instance, a psionic criminal has slowly been building an empire in wings of a far off continent.&nbsp; Seeing as though the pcs are about to bring magic to an end soon <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=157218" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=157218</a>This may play an important roll in their activities or it may stay under the wings and never bother a single adventure they take from now on.&nbsp; ONeo f the things I do is make sure to remind the pcs that they all have individual goals and enemies by having those goalsa nd enemies pop up at inopportune times.&nbsp; example The Forged is cursed with the need now to &quot;cleanse the flesh&quot; of humanoids and though the world is nice and dandy, his main goal is to find a way to rid himself of the curse or get rid of his humanoid emotions so he can complete his task.&nbsp;&nbsp; So its always fun to throw some constructs in a dungeon and remind him of that, while seeing how he reacts.&nbsp; There have been times a blade &quot;mistakenly &quot; founds its way to a comrade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2742645, member: 22622"] I agree, I think one of the dm's most difficult jobs to walk the thin line between making the pcs actions count, yet making sure that they understand that there is an entire world of activity going on that they can not control. In an excell spreadsheet, I keep a plot pregression chart. There's are several overarching plots that the pcs have yet to encounter or deal with, and may never deal with for all Iknow. But every few sessions Ill go to the chart and jot some notes down as to what changed and how fluid that plan is. For instance, a psionic criminal has slowly been building an empire in wings of a far off continent. Seeing as though the pcs are about to bring magic to an end soon [url]http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=157218[/url] This may play an important roll in their activities or it may stay under the wings and never bother a single adventure they take from now on. ONeo f the things I do is make sure to remind the pcs that they all have individual goals and enemies by having those goalsa nd enemies pop up at inopportune times. example The Forged is cursed with the need now to "cleanse the flesh" of humanoids and though the world is nice and dandy, his main goal is to find a way to rid himself of the curse or get rid of his humanoid emotions so he can complete his task. So its always fun to throw some constructs in a dungeon and remind him of that, while seeing how he reacts. There have been times a blade "mistakenly " founds its way to a comrade. [/QUOTE]

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