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<blockquote data-quote="robus" data-source="post: 7624723" data-attributes="member: 6801558"><p>It seems to me that once you have the broad strokes of the campaign world sketched in: what are the playable races/classes and what generally is the setting: hot/cold/temperate (helps when choosing monsters), what the major threat is (loki wanting some powerful item in your case) and where they start (where/how does the party come together), then you have enough to start rolling. You really don’t want the whole campaign figured out before you go. And really if you want less prep I’d avoid running a published campaign. I find those to be more work as their rigidity works against the actions of the players and you end up doing a bunch of patchwork to keep it somewhat connected. (and there’s the extra mental effort of trying to keep that other designers game plan/logic in your head!)</p><p></p><p>Start small with your finale in mind and grow the campaign towards it (and of course if the game wants to go in another direction you can easily conjure a new Big Bad for the finale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robus, post: 7624723, member: 6801558"] It seems to me that once you have the broad strokes of the campaign world sketched in: what are the playable races/classes and what generally is the setting: hot/cold/temperate (helps when choosing monsters), what the major threat is (loki wanting some powerful item in your case) and where they start (where/how does the party come together), then you have enough to start rolling. You really don’t want the whole campaign figured out before you go. And really if you want less prep I’d avoid running a published campaign. I find those to be more work as their rigidity works against the actions of the players and you end up doing a bunch of patchwork to keep it somewhat connected. (and there’s the extra mental effort of trying to keep that other designers game plan/logic in your head!) Start small with your finale in mind and grow the campaign towards it (and of course if the game wants to go in another direction you can easily conjure a new Big Bad for the finale. [/QUOTE]
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