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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9068061" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I know Reynard asked three years ago, but just for the sake of current discussion...I think that sense of history (and what Matt Colville referred to in one of his videos as a &quot;time abyss&quot;) is a key element.&nbsp; You said that later generational sequel campaign had at least some of that feel.&nbsp; I would lean into that.&nbsp; Take an older campaign world where you have a bunch of established lore and advance the timeline.&nbsp; Extrapolate on what your old heroes did and the great domains or organizations or just strongholds they established after their triumphs.&nbsp; And then have some of those glories fall into ruin.&nbsp; Think about what happened in the meantime.&nbsp; Work with that lore and ground your new plots and threat in it.Pfft.&nbsp; Tolkien is also all the awesome action in The Two Towers, like at the Battle of Helm's Deep.I remember when I was a little kid I loved Fellowship (despite the slow start, with the Hobbits in the Old Forest and all), and for some reason my impression of the later books was that Frodo's sorrowful slog and long endurance under the burden of the ring made up much more of the narrative than it actually does.&nbsp; But there is a ton of cool stuff in those books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9068061, member: 7026594"] I know Reynard asked three years ago, but just for the sake of current discussion... I think that sense of history (and what Matt Colville referred to in one of his videos as a "time abyss") is a key element. You said that later generational sequel campaign had at least some of that feel. I would lean into that. Take an older campaign world where you have a bunch of established lore and advance the timeline. Extrapolate on what your old heroes did and the great domains or organizations or just strongholds they established after their triumphs. And then have some of those glories fall into ruin. Think about what happened in the meantime. Work with that lore and ground your new plots and threat in it. Pfft. Tolkien is also all the awesome action in The Two Towers, like at the Battle of Helm's Deep. I remember when I was a little kid I loved Fellowship (despite the slow start, with the Hobbits in the Old Forest and all), and for some reason my impression of the later books was that Frodo's sorrowful slog and long endurance under the burden of the ring made up much more of the narrative than it actually does. But there is a ton of cool stuff in those books. [/QUOTE]

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