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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 6911006" data-attributes="member: 6796241">I tend to run in one of two modes, Mission Days and Non-Mission Days.  Non-Mission Days aren't budgeted for recommended XP, may have encounters that range from Easy to 10xDeadly, and tend to center around deciding on, traveling to, or planning their next mission.  Rests are usually easy to come by during these types of days, so players can set their own pace.  These type of days are not heavily prepped by me ahead of time, and can go on for several sessions.  They lean more heavily on the exploration and social pillars of the game, with combat being used to break up the pace and to give them hints on what they will face on their mission and to help develop tactics for it.  A single session may contain multiple days, weeks or even months of non-mission days.Mission Days are budgeted well over the recommended daily xp guidlines, and it is the players job to figure out how to avoid or mitigate some encounters in order to complete their objective.  Side missions also exist  to temp the players into additional encounters that aren't required to complete the primary objective, and that offer some other type of reward.  Careful planning during non-mission days will often allow the party to take on these side quests during the mission day, though skill in combat and luck in rolling also have an effect here.  Mission days may have consequences for rests, typically minor ones for a short rest (easier path may close, side-quest may no longer be available) and major ones for a long rest (typically failure of primary objective, or at least a large increase in difficulty).  Mission days require heavy prep, always require a session break once the players decide that their next move is to start a mission so that I can prepare it, and may take several game sessions to complete a single day.</blockquote>

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