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Message: <blockquote data-quote="exile" data-source="post: 1894174" data-attributes="member: 20068">Cliffhangers and Campaign PacingI don't DM often, but I did just wrap up a story arc that ran through the month of October (4 sessions). I made a point of using Cliffhanger endings for some of the sessions (mostly because one DM/GM that I played with in the past used them to great effect and I thought my players would enjoy them. So, the four sessiosn wrapped like this.Session 1: After much planning as to how to silently kill two goblin sentries before an alarm could be raised, the party managed to kill one of said goblins; the other fled into the lair crying alarm. The more combat oriented PCs pursued at a run. End Session 1.Session 2: After fighting their way through much of said goblin lair, the party faced the bugbear king of the lair. The party dealt significant damage to said bugbear, and he fled deeper into the caves. The party pursued to find the bugbear in his "harem" cave surrounded by goblinwomen and young (who the bugbear called on to fight for him). The cliffhanger though was that chained in the center of the lair, beset by goblin children was the lost love of one of the PCs. End Session 2.Session 3: The PCs had just fought their way through the outer defenses of an orc lair, consisting chiefly of orc women. Some of the weaker types (a sorcerer and a rogue) were trapped in front of the portculli separating them and a hoarde of orc warriors from the rest of their party. End Session 3.Session 4: Having fought their way through said orc lair in pursuit of their ultimate goal, the party faced and defeated the power behind the orc chieftain (not to mention the chieftain himself), an elderly orc called Kingmaker, only to find that the object of their pursuit had been passed on through a magical portal. The party returned to twon to regroup and research said portal. End session 4.So my questions are, what kinds of cliffhangers have you all used in the past? How often do you use them? What other kinds of endings do you like for any session?Chad</blockquote>

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