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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8506130" data-attributes="member: 23751">I usually have the PCs encounter their low level plots.  If a earthshattering BBEG is going to summon Cthulhu when the PCs are 16th-20th level, he's going to need various things for the rituals.  A 1st level group might encounter some thefts of specific gems or other objects and perhaps try to thwart that, perhaps never realizing at that point that the thefts were minor minions of the BBEG sent to acquire them.  Not everything will be related to the BBEG, but it's nice when later on the PCs can put pieces together and be like, "Oh, now it all makes sense!!"  The clues will mount as the party gains levels and they may realize who is responsible well before they can do anything about it directly.</blockquote>