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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1276085" data-attributes="member: 158">1.Turn to the section of the DMG that gives "100 story ideas" read through them, and run with one of them.2. When planning for a game, close your D&D books, grab a small pen and pad, and turn on the news (CNN, MSNBC, Fox, etc.) Jot down the basic ideas of every news story that you come across.Just looking at today, I get:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soldiers being attacked by guerillas</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Large Contest being held with huge prize attached</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People paying lots of money to go into space</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">People stealing technical gadgets</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Official Indicted for corruption.</li> </ul>Running with just these, we get:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soldiers of the King in the border kingdoms are being attacked by rebels who hit and fade quickly. The king needs people who are familiar with the region, not publically tied to the Crown, who can join the bandits, learn their plans, and crush them from the inside. Will your PC's do the job? Perhaps there is more than meets the eye to these "unruly bandits"...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Criers throughout the kingdom are sending out invitations to faire or festival upcoming; the main attraction at this festival is a particularly bloody contest enphasizing speed and strategy, but the first prize is (a plot of land/a golden cup/a jewelled magical box/etc.) Are your PC's good enough? Perhaps it's the only way to remove a curse or affliction one of them has...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A merchant coster wants to hire the PC's based on their reputation. There are two extremely wealthy noblilty who want to go on a hunt in a dangerous stretch of wilderness. Your job is to help them go on this hunt, keep them safe, and return them. If they fail, they are blacklisted thoughout the kingdom; It just so happens that an assassin has decided this is the perfect time to strike...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thefts are occurring from Wizards throughout the land; thieves are stealing prime magic items from mages and clerics, and they can't be scried for some reason! There is a hefty reward to be had if the thieves and the goods can be recovered! But why can't they be scried?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> A benefactor of the PC's (perhaps the one hiring them for all these jobs) has been accused of treason! He's been locked up and sentenced to death! But he maintains his innocence, and calls upon the PC's to help him, if they can, out of charity. Of course, if the official is REALLY innocent, and the PC's free him, there stands to be much reward and good favor for them...</li> </ul>So turn on the TV, crack a non-gaming book, and strip down any ideas you see to their most basic forms. You'd be surprised how many cool ideas are waiting, created by the strangest fiction of all - the truth...</blockquote>

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