Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Creating a long-term campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 1568838" data-attributes="member: 12328"><p><strong>draw on popular culture</strong></p><p></p><p>I would suggest that you draw on popular culture for your camapign arc. Use a story that everyone already basically knows for the story arc, then fill in the details with the players' actions in your campaign world.</p><p></p><p>Lord of the Rings is one example. Just decide what evil item has to be taken from which end of the Realms to the other and destroyed in what manner to defeat whatever big threat to the world. Almost anyone can be the "thing-bearer", and almost anyone can asist him or her in the quest to destroy the thing. If one thing-bearer becomes unavailable, someone else bears the thing. New characters can join or leave the quest at any plot point since the world is richly populated. Another great benefit is that most of your players will probably have seen the movies and will immediately identify the plot without a lot of explanation (or work) by you. </p><p></p><p>It would probably be better if the thing is just a liability and not an asset to the party (no rings of invisibility for the party to fight over). The thing could just be a minor piece in whatever is needed for world domination by the Big Bad Guy. That way, the party increasingly comes to the BBG's attention as he or she sends more and more dangerous and devious foes to capture the thing. Also, the players can just vote at the beginning of each session as to who is carrying the thing (since you will have PCs coming & going freely). An overland adventure probably works better than a dungeon crawl for freely coming & going characters. But, at some climactic point, the BBG has everything but the party's thing for world domination. The BBG probably then comes looking for it--just as the player characters are trying to destroy it.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scourger, post: 1568838, member: 12328"] [b]draw on popular culture[/b] I would suggest that you draw on popular culture for your camapign arc. Use a story that everyone already basically knows for the story arc, then fill in the details with the players' actions in your campaign world. Lord of the Rings is one example. Just decide what evil item has to be taken from which end of the Realms to the other and destroyed in what manner to defeat whatever big threat to the world. Almost anyone can be the "thing-bearer", and almost anyone can asist him or her in the quest to destroy the thing. If one thing-bearer becomes unavailable, someone else bears the thing. New characters can join or leave the quest at any plot point since the world is richly populated. Another great benefit is that most of your players will probably have seen the movies and will immediately identify the plot without a lot of explanation (or work) by you. It would probably be better if the thing is just a liability and not an asset to the party (no rings of invisibility for the party to fight over). The thing could just be a minor piece in whatever is needed for world domination by the Big Bad Guy. That way, the party increasingly comes to the BBG's attention as he or she sends more and more dangerous and devious foes to capture the thing. Also, the players can just vote at the beginning of each session as to who is carrying the thing (since you will have PCs coming & going freely). An overland adventure probably works better than a dungeon crawl for freely coming & going characters. But, at some climactic point, the BBG has everything but the party's thing for world domination. The BBG probably then comes looking for it--just as the player characters are trying to destroy it. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Creating a long-term campaign
Top
