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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5704795" data-attributes="member: 92511">Having spent a good amount of time (years) developing my campaign world/setting, multiple baddies have been created, developed, brought about by various PCs (some intentional, some unwittingly)...individuals, organizations, despots, petty criminals, monsters, extra-planar foes, and the most dangerous, MAN, of course.Having multiple "Big Bads" occupying the world is not the same as having endless BB's that the PCs must encounter. They are simply there, going about their own business.In a given campaign, yes I throw out a few various plots, which one(s) gets resolved or followed or impacted (intentionally or not) is up to the PCs and their actions.But, generally speaking, there is a single, direct BBEG that the party is pitted against...a single overarching storyline that dominates the given campaign.The world is there...the players can always come back/move on (with the same group of PCs or different/start over) to deal with another new BBEG whenever they like.I do not think having a single overarching bad guy should, in any way, make the game less enjoyable or "cheapen" as the OP said...or more, for that matter.It is just, usually, easier to handle/keep a focus in the game if there is a specific enemy or limited number of enemies the PCs interact with. It's really up to what the players/PCs can handle...and how far the group gets. If they have the capacity to keep track of various evils they want to thwart, more power to 'em and I am totally willing to oblige.I will state, that "failure is not an option" as it were. If the PCs begin a "ball rolling" on a particular plot and then go off and do other things...that plot is still rolling while they are not paying attention and they may find themselves in a world of hurt if they "forget" or ignore or keep "putting off" dealing with a certain plot. "World keeps on spinnin'" if you will.Have fun and happy menacing.--SD</blockquote>

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