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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9602170" data-attributes="member: 50987">I guess the easiest way to answer this question is to show you.Here are the pages from my campaign handout for the Town of Threshold, the aptly-named "starting town" for the characters.  (That's right, I have been starting my campaign in the same town for almost 40 years!)  My original text, which was written over the pandemic lockdowns, is in black text.  The players' new additions (the Arcane Academy and the Huntsman's Guild) were added later, in blue text.The Arcane Academy came into existence when one of the players rolled up an Artificer, and the player and I needed to find a way to stitch the character into the story.  The Huntsman's Guild came into being when the druid wanted to sell the pelts from some bears that they had killed, and the two of us came up with it on the fly.My imagination sometimes runs away from me.EDIT:  Looks like my plot hooks didn't print.  These were intended to be little teasers, to help the players decide which factions they wanted to make friends with.   When the campaign started, these plot hooks had not been developed past this simple description....but over the course of the campaign, "The Lines of the Earth," "The Green and the Gold," and "Fragments of the World" all became full-blown adventures.This is the text that should have been in the sidebar, pages 35-37:[SPOILER=Missing Sidebar Text]GUILD QUESTS Each faction has a special side-quest to help you advance through the ranks…similar to Skyrim.  You can read a little teaser about them here in the sidebar, next to each entry. THE LINES OF THE EARTH (Arcane Academy faction quest)  This side quest will advance you up through the ranks of the Mages’ Guild, taking you from a lowly college freshman to a Graduate of Arcane Studies.  Along the way, you will unlock an ancient mystery of immense power that could unmake the world! STOLEN CROWN (The Crown faction quest)  In this side quest, you will work to uncover a century of treachery against the monarch.  Your investigation will set things in motion that will shake the very foundations of the island! KNOCK ON WOOD (Enclave of the Old Faith faction quest)  This side quest will advance you up through the ranks of the Enclave, and send you on a rescue mission to save one of the Enclave’s elders from the grasp of a necromancer. THE GOLDEN LADDER (Guild of Veracian Merchants faction quest)  The Merchant Guild side quest will see your characters advance through the ranks of the Guild, from Apprentice to Journeyman to Master.  Along the way you will be swept up in a web of intrigue, assassination plots, and piarate lords. THE BELLE OF THE BALL (High Society faction quest)  This side quest will move you through the most secretive and elite circles of Arushi, as you rely on your wit and your intuition to solve a murder mystery. HEAR THE HUNTING HORN (Huntsman's Guild faction quest)  This quest line will send you on a monster hunt of epic proportions, from the oldest and darkest forests of Taevara to the realm of the Archfey, as you join Herla in The Great Hunt. FRAGMENTS OF THE WORLD (Taevarian Archaeological Society faction quest) This quest line will send you all across Taevara, helping to destroy an ancient evil that threatens to re-emerge… SANGUIS LUNAE (Temple of Dawn faction quest)  An old evil returns, and its corruption has spread to the highest offices of the church.  Bring your silver bullets! THE GREEN AND GOLD (Town Guard faction quest)  Rise up through the ranks of the Town Guard…beginning as a lowly Private and working your way up to the title of Chief Investigator.  This side quest will send you deep undercover, tracking an unknown evil and foiling an assassination plot against the Crown.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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