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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8492021" data-attributes="member: 2629">If it is a one shot, use pregens and build them to give them cluses as to their abilities that you've prepared for revealing.&nbsp; If this premise is to work well, you need to feed them the clues in the right way.&nbsp; I built a game using a take on 4E mechanics.&nbsp; It is run over 10 sessions.&nbsp; Each PC (of the 5 in the game) has entirely different mechanics laid over a common base set of mechanics that are essentially ripped right out of 4E.&nbsp; They discover how those meachnics work during the game via trial and error.&nbsp; For example, one player starts the game with 8 cards with geometrical shapes, 16 colored stone, and a large hexagon enscribed into a circle.&nbsp; When they open the envelope, there is a picture with certain stones and shapes laid out on the hexagon/circle.&nbsp; I've run it twice, and people have only figured out a small fraction of the possibilities for that PC.&nbsp; However, there are hundreds of signposts within the campaign they can find that unlock almost everything possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8492021, member: 2629"] If it is a one shot, use pregens and build them to give them cluses as to their abilities that you've prepared for revealing. If this premise is to work well, you need to feed them the clues in the right way. I built a game using a take on 4E mechanics. It is run over 10 sessions. Each PC (of the 5 in the game) has entirely different mechanics laid over a common base set of mechanics that are essentially ripped right out of 4E. They discover how those meachnics work during the game via trial and error. For example, one player starts the game with 8 cards with geometrical shapes, 16 colored stone, and a large hexagon enscribed into a circle. When they open the envelope, there is a picture with certain stones and shapes laid out on the hexagon/circle. I've run it twice, and people have only figured out a small fraction of the possibilities for that PC. However, there are hundreds of signposts within the campaign they can find that unlock almost everything possible. [/QUOTE]

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