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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolf1066" data-source="post: 5188863" data-attributes="member: 88680">The plots and plans of the NPCs in my world often have timeframes - "they will take X days/weeks/months to achieve this unless there is intervention", one of the serial killers is killing about once every two weeks now and slowly escalating his activities...  there are just some things you need to keep track of.They become deadlines and spawn lots of lesser deadlines if the PCs elect to oppose or aid the plot.  Or the time frame may be royally screwed up by the players' actions.  e.g. if the plot requires something to be achieved or obtained first and the players somehow thwart (wittingly or unwittingly) that part, it could set back the plot for ages depending on what contingencies are in place.I have a calendar for the year 2070 - it has moon cycles, local tides and sunrise/sunset times (its amazing the sort of stuff you can find on the internet) and getting a calendar for the year 2071 would be as simple as opening up the appropriate programs again - I use it a lot and I keep track of the date and rough hour of the day.  Excel's ideal for generating dates for repeating events then I can mark them on the calendar or in my notes.If nothing else, I get an idea of what the news should be...</blockquote>