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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8658893" data-attributes="member: 86653">Wow. That's a lot. You're a newer DM you say? Maybe start smaller next time. Consider dialing this one back a bit. Players tend to be way, way less interested in lore than the DM. Unless it directly related to what they're doing in the moment, it probably doesn't need to be there. It sounds like you're skipping over anything not directly related to your &quot;3 games&quot; and summarizing the &quot;downtime&quot; in between. Is that right?The DM shouldn't be writing the story. The DM should be setting up interesting situations for the PCs to deal with. The story comes from the PCs interacting with the situations presented. The whole point of playing an RPG is the players getting to choose stuff. Left or right. This town or that town. You can't have the DM deciding on how the story unfolds/ends and the players having relevant choices and agency. RPGs are all about player agency. Not the DM telling the players a story.Not everything needs to be mechanics. What have the players told you they want for the main goal of the campaign?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8658893, member: 86653"] Wow. That's a lot. You're a newer DM you say? Maybe start smaller next time. Consider dialing this one back a bit. Players tend to be way, way less interested in lore than the DM. Unless it directly related to what they're doing in the moment, it probably doesn't need to be there. It sounds like you're skipping over anything not directly related to your "3 games" and summarizing the "downtime" in between. Is that right? The DM shouldn't be writing the story. The DM should be setting up interesting situations for the PCs to deal with. The story comes from the PCs interacting with the situations presented. The whole point of playing an RPG is the players getting to choose stuff. Left or right. This town or that town. You can't have the DM deciding on how the story unfolds/ends and the players having relevant choices and agency. RPGs are all about player agency. Not the DM telling the players a story. Not everything needs to be mechanics. What have the players told you they want for the main goal of the campaign? [/QUOTE]

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