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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 2046382" data-attributes="member: 704">Applied use of mortal dangerThere is no particular reason that the meeting could not be contrived.&nbsp; Having all comers show up in the same place at the same time can always be a co-incidence.&nbsp; Permit them to roleplay for a few minutes, and then discover that they hate one another.And then have some monsters come along and try to kill and eat everyone.&nbsp; Use a great many monsters.&nbsp; Go for about 30% overkill, but use beasts that are individually weak, so that fine tuning the battle can take place.You can probably get a few good games out of using a monster invasion storyline where the players are forced to work together to survive.&nbsp; You will have to make the stakes appear to be high enough to warrant the characters working together.&nbsp; It may end up seeming like your throwing together a hack and slash set of games, but you can let the friction between the characters provide the roleplaying elements.Think of it as Goblin Ex Machina.You obviously want some sort of over arching plot to keep things going for the long run, and you do not think you can do that by having the party start out as a group hired out to aid some wizard.&nbsp; I am guessing that you want the common ground you seek to be the seed of this storyline.&nbsp; You do not need that, I think.&nbsp; When you cannot find common ground among the players, then start from the other end, and invent a villian that has no personal connection to any of the players.&nbsp; You can evolve the story from what happens in game, and tie the players together based on events in the game.&nbsp; Doing that is always more intresting then serving the players up a big helping of ramrodded common backstory.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 2046382, member: 704"] [b]Applied use of mortal danger[/b] There is no particular reason that the meeting could not be contrived. Having all comers show up in the same place at the same time can always be a co-incidence. Permit them to roleplay for a few minutes, and then discover that they hate one another. And then have some monsters come along and try to kill and eat everyone. Use a great many monsters. Go for about 30% overkill, but use beasts that are individually weak, so that fine tuning the battle can take place. You can probably get a few good games out of using a monster invasion storyline where the players are forced to work together to survive. You will have to make the stakes appear to be high enough to warrant the characters working together. It may end up seeming like your throwing together a hack and slash set of games, but you can let the friction between the characters provide the roleplaying elements. Think of it as Goblin Ex Machina. You obviously want some sort of over arching plot to keep things going for the long run, and you do not think you can do that by having the party start out as a group hired out to aid some wizard. I am guessing that you want the common ground you seek to be the seed of this storyline. You do not need that, I think. When you cannot find common ground among the players, then start from the other end, and invent a villian that has no personal connection to any of the players. You can evolve the story from what happens in game, and tie the players together based on events in the game. Doing that is always more intresting then serving the players up a big helping of ramrodded common backstory. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

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