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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5299154" data-attributes="member: 2093">In general, rather than try to build a campaign via adventures, I build a world, and then fit adventures and story arcs and campaign concepts into that world.However, if I DID decide to work from &quot;story arcs&quot; out to a campaign world, what I would do is try to take a bunch of notes on WHAT KIND of world would &quot;let&quot; your story happen. In other words, if you're imagining a story based on a villainous necromancer king, against whom the pcs will struggle, you need to understand how he came to exist, why&nbsp; he hasn't previously been destroyed, what his motivations are, who his enemies and allies are, etc....Then start jotting down ideas for places that a group of adventurers could &quot;collide&quot; with his plots. Give yourself plenty of freedom for these spots to shift, for pcs to avoid them or change them, but if your necromancer needs to conquer a city that houses a good temple that opposes him, then try giving the PCs plenty of reasons to BE there, to hear of the city's impending doom, and choose whether or not to aid it. Just remember - the campaign is based not on YOUR perceived outcome, but on the player's interaction with your potential plots...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 5299154, member: 2093"] In general, rather than try to build a campaign via adventures, I build a world, and then fit adventures and story arcs and campaign concepts into that world. However, if I DID decide to work from "story arcs" out to a campaign world, what I would do is try to take a bunch of notes on WHAT KIND of world would "let" your story happen. In other words, if you're imagining a story based on a villainous necromancer king, against whom the pcs will struggle, you need to understand how he came to exist, why he hasn't previously been destroyed, what his motivations are, who his enemies and allies are, etc.... Then start jotting down ideas for places that a group of adventurers could "collide" with his plots. Give yourself plenty of freedom for these spots to shift, for pcs to avoid them or change them, but if your necromancer needs to conquer a city that houses a good temple that opposes him, then try giving the PCs plenty of reasons to BE there, to hear of the city's impending doom, and choose whether or not to aid it. Just remember - the campaign is based not on YOUR perceived outcome, but on the player's interaction with your potential plots... [/QUOTE]

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