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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 6904505" data-attributes="member: 27385">I like to have a region of exploration laid out with some basic notes and places where I know that big things are going to be.  I have several rumors tied to these places where PCs get a sense of the threat and can decide if they want to explore.  Right now I have the PCs exploring a ruined town and they know there is something big in the tower in the middle of town.  They think it may be a beholder and are staying away for now while exploring some of the other areas of town.  I have not designed any off the tower and only have a few notes on the size and inhabitants, since I only plan a few weeks out based on what the group is doing.I may start pushing the party to fight the beholder and finish the big threat in the town for now.  There are long range plans for a kraken to come back and cause problems and a dragon could come to check on his minions there, but killing the beholder will end the biggest immediate threat.I guess that overall I design for the short range of the group.  The threats each week tend to stay on track for their abilities.  I like to have encounters both below and above their power level, but not too many of each that the game become boring for them either way.  I try to maintain realism by still having skeletons attack the level 8 party, which they all can 1-shot kill, since the more powerful necromancer and his bodyguards are level appropriate.</blockquote>

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