Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Finishing A Campaign - Thoughts?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="elrobey" data-source="post: 2402179" data-attributes="member: 8725"><p>Allow the players a reasonable opportunity to experience success. The only real issues are how should success be measured, and how do you manage the expectations of the players so that they buy in to that measurement.</p><p></p><p>For example, success could be "PCs save the world from the brink of destruction". Let's call that the Lord of the Rings model. Come up with some sort of plot device by which the PCs succeed. Maybe there is a ring they can throw into a volcano. Maybe there is a time machine they can use to go back in time and undo what has been done.</p><p></p><p>Or success could be "survive until other forces save the world from the brink of destruction". Let's call that the War of the Worlds model. Come up with some sort of plot device by which the world is saved. All the PCs have to do is survive until that happens. But this is not very satisfying, IMO.</p><p></p><p>Success could be "preserve something that is worth preserving". Let's call this the Noah's Ark model. The world can't be saved, but perhaps something in it can be preserved: it could be a person, a place, a thing, a bit of information. Art? Literature? Magic? History? A creature? A flag, crown, or other symbol? The task of the PCs is to find a way to preserve whatever it is, by sending it elsewhere, by putting it into a "time capsule", whatever.</p><p></p><p>Success could be "defiance". Just simply going out in a blaze of glory.</p><p></p><p>There are other options, too.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elrobey, post: 2402179, member: 8725"] Allow the players a reasonable opportunity to experience success. The only real issues are how should success be measured, and how do you manage the expectations of the players so that they buy in to that measurement. For example, success could be "PCs save the world from the brink of destruction". Let's call that the Lord of the Rings model. Come up with some sort of plot device by which the PCs succeed. Maybe there is a ring they can throw into a volcano. Maybe there is a time machine they can use to go back in time and undo what has been done. Or success could be "survive until other forces save the world from the brink of destruction". Let's call that the War of the Worlds model. Come up with some sort of plot device by which the world is saved. All the PCs have to do is survive until that happens. But this is not very satisfying, IMO. Success could be "preserve something that is worth preserving". Let's call this the Noah's Ark model. The world can't be saved, but perhaps something in it can be preserved: it could be a person, a place, a thing, a bit of information. Art? Literature? Magic? History? A creature? A flag, crown, or other symbol? The task of the PCs is to find a way to preserve whatever it is, by sending it elsewhere, by putting it into a "time capsule", whatever. Success could be "defiance". Just simply going out in a blaze of glory. There are other options, too. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Finishing A Campaign - Thoughts?
Top