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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 8526929" data-attributes="member: 467">What structural paradigm do you tend to design your campaign around? That is, structurally speaking, what does your campaign look like.I am going to use entertainment analogies, but that's just because that is the way I think.I prefer a television paradigm -- specifically, a 90s semi-serial series like X-Files or Buffy/Angle. I prefer to have an ensemble cast that engages in adventures that sit somewhere near the middle of the episodic to serial axis. I don't really break things into &quot;seasons&quot; though. This is as opposed to the novel paradigm -- a single long story without episodic breaks -- or even a &quot;CRPG&quot; paradigm with story nodes and surrounding side quests (exemplified to me by Rime of the Frostmaiden for D&amp;D).One paradigm I have always wanted to run but have never figure out how to do it structurally is the procedural. This differs from the &quot;regular&quot; television paradigm I listed above in that each adventure would essentially be a variation on a theme, and character development would be slow and subtle at most.What about you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 8526929, member: 467"] What structural paradigm do you tend to design your campaign around? That is, structurally speaking, what does your campaign look like. I am going to use entertainment analogies, but that's just because that is the way I think. I prefer a television paradigm -- specifically, a 90s semi-serial series like X-Files or Buffy/Angle. I prefer to have an ensemble cast that engages in adventures that sit somewhere near the middle of the episodic to serial axis. I don't really break things into "seasons" though. This is as opposed to the novel paradigm -- a single long story without episodic breaks -- or even a "CRPG" paradigm with story nodes and surrounding side quests (exemplified to me by Rime of the Frostmaiden for D&D). One paradigm I have always wanted to run but have never figure out how to do it structurally is the procedural. This differs from the "regular" television paradigm I listed above in that each adventure would essentially be a variation on a theme, and character development would be slow and subtle at most. What about you? [/QUOTE]

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