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<blockquote data-quote="just__al" data-source="post: 2653738" data-attributes="member: 11068">My biggest piece of advice.&nbsp; Listen to your players speculate amoungst themselves.&nbsp; When they &quot;figure out&quot; something about what's going on and it makes sense, seriously consider it actually being what's going on (or at least 80% true)They will feel all smart for figuring out the plot, you will have looked like you planned more than you did and the world will appear all that more real.That being said don't forget the 20% false bit.The big example I give..&nbsp; My players ran afoul of a sorceror and his vampire father at 1st level.&nbsp; They unwittingly helped the sorceror find his father and unstake him.&nbsp; They kept the rather weak (at that time) father at bey with holy symbols and he fled.Later they found out the father was a cleric and wondered out loud how he became a vampire.&nbsp; They figured he may have been a vampire hunter who's luck ran out.&nbsp; I decided that was a wonderful idea and I stole it.&nbsp; When the final battle came the Vampire gave them a HELL of a fight but he didn't drop the big bombs because deep down he wanted them to succeed but didn't want to &quot;die&quot; either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="just__al, post: 2653738, member: 11068"] My biggest piece of advice. Listen to your players speculate amoungst themselves. When they "figure out" something about what's going on and it makes sense, seriously consider it actually being what's going on (or at least 80% true) They will feel all smart for figuring out the plot, you will have looked like you planned more than you did and the world will appear all that more real. That being said don't forget the 20% false bit. The big example I give.. My players ran afoul of a sorceror and his vampire father at 1st level. They unwittingly helped the sorceror find his father and unstake him. They kept the rather weak (at that time) father at bey with holy symbols and he fled. Later they found out the father was a cleric and wondered out loud how he became a vampire. They figured he may have been a vampire hunter who's luck ran out. I decided that was a wonderful idea and I stole it. When the final battle came the Vampire gave them a HELL of a fight but he didn't drop the big bombs because deep down he wanted them to succeed but didn't want to "die" either. [/QUOTE]

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