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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 4850698" data-attributes="member: 17913">That sums it up well.I feel like a good rule of thumb is:- It's a minor quest if it's a single "story/chapter" or a "sidequest" in computer game lingo.- It's a major quest if it is an overarching (multiple stories, multiple chapters) plot point or has SIGNIFICANT wide-scope consequences with success or failure.In LOTR, getting the folks to Helms Deep would be a minor quest: there was likely a skill challenge involved in getting the people out of Rohan and then several random encounters along the way.  One story.  Getting Frodo to Mount Doom was a major quest (nevermind getting the ring): it probably took several skill challenges just to find the friggin' place and keep Gollum in line, and there were several encounters with enemies and allies along the way.I think things like Protecting Helms Deep might go either way.  Minor if you resolve it as a series of Skill Challenges and a major encounter or two in one session.  Major if each phase of the battle is made up of a skill challenge or two and an encounter or two (phase 1 = securing the gates and prepping the people, phase 2 = continuing morale and the initial orc charge, phase 3 = holding the gate and stopping the orc bomber-guy, etc.).I may be on my own in this, but I don't think either should be resolved by a single skill challenge or encounter...I believe they should both contain at least a few steps.  Quantitative differences though are pretty hard to say, other than maybe a 1 session = minor quest, 2 sessions = major split, but even that's not hard-and-fast.</blockquote>

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