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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7102412" data-attributes="member: 29398">This is all fine.However, what if the players-as-characters somehow don't realize* the tomb is central to their needs and goals until and unless they get there?* - could be from faulty (or complete lack of) information gathering ahead of time - they see the tomb only as a side trek; or from the tomb holding long-lost information that once found will put the party's goals in a new light (e.g. clear evidence in the tomb shows the pharoahs were all demonic so maybe our stated goal of restoring their line isn't such a good idea after all), or whatever....Relevant obstacles, yes; but I'm not sold on the built-in assumption those obstacles will necessarily be overcome.  Not every story has to have a happy ending.This, I suppose, is the ideal state. Maybe your current DM is simply keeping an eye on the long term health and sustainability of the campaign.  Succeeding too much might not lessen the experience but it likely will shorten it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-"of course, you can always ply the DM with enough beer that he forgets his agenda, and then proceed as you will"-efan</blockquote>