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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 4595819" data-attributes="member: 17913">It's what I do...not the drunk part, but changing milestones.In Rackham's world of Confrontation/Ragnarok/Cadwallon/whatever else, they had Immortals that were chosen by the gods, and if they died in a fight and the god brought them back, they had to collect "Elixirs" to restore their full power, and oftentimes these elixirs were guarded by a "Shadow," a guardian specifically bound to try and stop that person from getting the elixir.I never read too much about it, but I always pictured it as being a very situational thing, as in the Elixirs and Shadows could be just about anything.  One person's elixirs might include a magic sword, a phoenix feather, and the title of Lordship over a swath of land.  Their shadows would be a Dragon guarding the sword, the monster that killed the phoenix, and a rival Barony that must be appeased through diplomacy.  Meanwhile a different person might require saving a Dryad's tree from loggers (elixir and shadow), and whatever else.Anyway, milestones could be just X Encounters, or they could be something that's meaningful for the story.  I opt for the latter.</blockquote>