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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GameDoc" data-source="post: 6734133" data-attributes="member: 53915">In my last turn as DM, I incorporated some principles from FATE, even though we were playing 5e.  I made a generic local setting (city with surrounding farm lands and forests) and had the players due the "phase trio" so that there was an established backstory as to how they knew each other as well as a handful of established allies and enemies.  From there things sort of took shape organically by just codifying anything I had to make up on the fly to respond to their questions and character's actions.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"My dwarf outlander comes from a clan of mercenaries" - BAM!  Somewhere in the distant mountains is a clan of dwarf mercenaries. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"My character is a paladin because his father was.  He's going to take the oath of vengeance because orcs destroyed the chapter house and killed his father and all the other members of the order." - BAM! There's an orc tribe that when encountered has to have sufficient strength to defeat a house full of paladins.  Also, this character might encounter NPCs who knew and respected his father. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"My wizard was kicked out of the university for studying forbidden lore." BAM!  There is a university in the city and for some reason there are things no one is supposed to know. </li> </ul>I would just write these on note cards when they came up and then use them for ideas for the next gaming session.The best one that popped up was when they found a locket in a treasure horde (randomly rolled) and asked if there was a picture in it.  I just said there was a picture of a pretty girl.  Out of character, someone jokingly said "It's probably just a picture of a model that came with it."  Later, at the temple they encountered an acolyte and on a whim I decided to make it a female that looked like the picture in the locket.  When they asked if the locket belonged to her or someone she knew she said "No, my cousin is a finesmith and he asked if he could use a picture of me in lockets and frames and such for display in his shop".  So she really was the model that came with the frame.  Good times.</blockquote>

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