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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 5000510" data-attributes="member: 2673"><p>The ring gives people what they want. Gandalf wants to defeat Sauron. Boromir wants to save Gondor. Aragorn wants to claim his kingship and his elf princess. Gimli and Legolas want to defend their people. Hobbits? They want a full belly and a full pipe. It takes the ring longer to work its mojo on them. Remember the scene where it promised Sam that it would make him a king and everyone would cheer for Samwise the Great and whatever? He laughed at the idea and gave it back to Frodo.</p><p></p><p>For the problem at hand, the issue is you should show, not tell. I have no use for the wizened old mission giver. Let the PCs determine their own missions. If there's a growing orc horde in the east, don't have some high level NPC tell them about it - let them see the effects. Maybe the wizard can't get some spell components because the trade route has been cut off. The town is full of beggars - refugees from the advancing hordes. The can ignore it if they like, but that may have consequences as well.</p><p></p><p>Show, not tell. If there's an Evil Threat Brewing, show the PCs the signs and let them figure out what to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 5000510, member: 2673"] The ring gives people what they want. Gandalf wants to defeat Sauron. Boromir wants to save Gondor. Aragorn wants to claim his kingship and his elf princess. Gimli and Legolas want to defend their people. Hobbits? They want a full belly and a full pipe. It takes the ring longer to work its mojo on them. Remember the scene where it promised Sam that it would make him a king and everyone would cheer for Samwise the Great and whatever? He laughed at the idea and gave it back to Frodo. For the problem at hand, the issue is you should show, not tell. I have no use for the wizened old mission giver. Let the PCs determine their own missions. If there's a growing orc horde in the east, don't have some high level NPC tell them about it - let them see the effects. Maybe the wizard can't get some spell components because the trade route has been cut off. The town is full of beggars - refugees from the advancing hordes. The can ignore it if they like, but that may have consequences as well. Show, not tell. If there's an Evil Threat Brewing, show the PCs the signs and let them figure out what to do. [/QUOTE]
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