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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 1794991" data-attributes="member: 5885">I'm a little confused by the question as the initial post looks like it is talking about campaign world design, and many of the posts look like they are talking about actual campaigns.When it comes to world design I am a &quot;top down&quot; designer for the most part. I design areas over a series of more and more detailed passes to a certain level, and then I hit locations I know characters will be visiting and design them the rest of the way using a &quot;bottom up&quot; method. I would have to say that I know 75% of my campaign world before a player's character ever sets foot in it. And I have a solid foundation to build the other 25% on whenever the need arises.As far as campaigns go... That depends. I've run very organized adventures/campaigns where every detail was planned and the characters were more or less nudged in the right direction if they got off track. I've also run a bunch ov very loose adventures/campaigns where I give the characters a bunch of possible directions, tell the player's what their characters have, and then let them run with the game any which way they like. So on actual campaigns or adventures I would have to say I am 50/50.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 1794991, member: 5885"] I'm a little confused by the question as the initial post looks like it is talking about campaign world design, and many of the posts look like they are talking about actual campaigns. When it comes to world design I am a "top down" designer for the most part. I design areas over a series of more and more detailed passes to a certain level, and then I hit locations I know characters will be visiting and design them the rest of the way using a "bottom up" method. I would have to say that I know 75% of my campaign world before a player's character ever sets foot in it. And I have a solid foundation to build the other 25% on whenever the need arises. As far as campaigns go... That depends. I've run very organized adventures/campaigns where every detail was planned and the characters were more or less nudged in the right direction if they got off track. I've also run a bunch ov very loose adventures/campaigns where I give the characters a bunch of possible directions, tell the player's what their characters have, and then let them run with the game any which way they like. So on actual campaigns or adventures I would have to say I am 50/50. [/QUOTE]

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