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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paqman" data-source="post: 713361" data-attributes="member: 1041">Very well said Felon, I endorse everything you just said.In fact, That's all my campaing has been about for the last 5 years. I react ( Or the other DMs reacts, we switch once in a while ) to events my players are initiating. I introduce some outside events (recuring villains, hunter, assassins, good organizations trying to stop my PC villains (they are evil)).Once in a while, we have some discusssion that lasts a couple of hours, and with these discussions the players usually state their short to long term goals, and THEN, I start preparing for these. So it has all the preparation of a typical low level adventure, that is well thought out and not something on the spur of the moment, but for personal stakes, contrary to local lord stakes, as you mentionned very well.I think that the success of an Epic level campaing is good cooperation between players and DMs and some maturity (each game must not fall in a Frag fest of low level creatures, or entire session combating epic opponents. I don't say these should never happen, it IS fun to blast thousands of low level creatures once in a while, gives you a sense of great power, but it should further the goals) At this level, think really well of each combat because they are never innitiated out of random encounter or simply for no other reason than to do battle(unless initiated by the players, but even then...). At these levels, the battle are Monstrous, they can raze cities or countrysides. They must always have a good reason to happen, they must further the campaing in some way.And, for the success, it is important to have a  well desinged and described world(s). With organizations, nations, important Monsters (Dragon organizations, Beholder hives, things like that), important Characters... all the seeds that will give ideas for your player's actions.Hope this help. This thread is rather interesting.</blockquote>

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