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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 2355148" data-attributes="member: 8835">I've been thinking of writing some articles on the topic of adventure writing, myself.I think key to it is to realize that after you envision the basic path you hope the adventurers go through, you've got to allow for deviation from that path.&nbsp; Consider everything a choice, and then handle the &quot;what if they don't&quot; portion that often gets ignored.Consider Combat for instance.&nbsp; We often take it as a foregone conclusion that the PCs will win (or for the potential railroading DM) that the PCs will be captured.&nbsp; When in fact, there's 6 common outcomes of any combat:1: party dies2: party surrenders and is &quot;captured&quot;3: party runs away4: enemy dies5: enemy surrenders and is &quot;captured&quot;6: enemy runs awayThere are some variations on the above, and if a given party surrenders, the opposing party has the choice to kill or capture.&nbsp; As a DM, you should have a game plan to handle each one of those possibilities in an INTERESTING way.&nbsp; And pretty much all of them rely on the players' input to trigger those outcomes and subsequent events.Janx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 2355148, member: 8835"] I've been thinking of writing some articles on the topic of adventure writing, myself. I think key to it is to realize that after you envision the basic path you hope the adventurers go through, you've got to allow for deviation from that path. Consider everything a choice, and then handle the "what if they don't" portion that often gets ignored. Consider Combat for instance. We often take it as a foregone conclusion that the PCs will win (or for the potential railroading DM) that the PCs will be captured. When in fact, there's 6 common outcomes of any combat: 1: party dies 2: party surrenders and is "captured" 3: party runs away 4: enemy dies 5: enemy surrenders and is "captured" 6: enemy runs away There are some variations on the above, and if a given party surrenders, the opposing party has the choice to kill or capture. As a DM, you should have a game plan to handle each one of those possibilities in an INTERESTING way. And pretty much all of them rely on the players' input to trigger those outcomes and subsequent events. Janx [/QUOTE]

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