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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8202391" data-attributes="member: 72555">Each of those NPCs should have a Secret, an Ambition and at least one Plot.You can set up their Plots to, like dungeonworld, have portents and results.  Portents are the result of them advancing their plots (and give players a chance to see it in action), and results are the change to the world state if their plot succeeds.Secrets are just fun.You can make a table of such NPCs and their plots, and randomly roll to see which of them advance their Plots, then add the portents to the local news (plus some other random crap).  A weekly newspaper!  That would be awesome, where you can embed random noise plus plot advancement for your various NPC protagonists.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dungeonworldsrd.com/gamemastering/fronts/[/URL]Campaign Front.Dangers:Arcane Enemies: Crowley.  Doom: Ascends to immortal monster formAmbitious Organization: NAZIs.  Doom: Coup, takes over governmentPlanar Forces: Demon Lord.  Doom: Demonic infestation of EnglandCursed Places: Tower of London.  Doom: Area falls into the shadowfellGrim Portents: (NAZI)A newspaper controlled by the Fascists being everywhere.The founding of the British Union of Fascists."Brownshirts" smash union strikes.Parliament blown up, blamed on communists.Grim Portents: (Crowley)Flesh golem experiment successful, escapes into the city.Steals Rosetta stone to decode ancient textJan 24 1925 partial Solar Eclipse goes total, doesn't end until someone stops it.Grim Portents: (Demon Lord)The Heir to the Throne kidnappedArchbishop possessed, starts crusade against demons that actually causes backlashEveryone in a part of the city just dies, their blood staining the Thames redGrim Portents: (Tower of London)Guards of the Royal Jewels go missing.  Jewels ... seems ... ok.The Ravens increase in numbers.  Those who hurt them suffer horrible misfortune.A storm cloud forms over the tower, and never goes away.Crowley is behind a lot of this.  He is using the NAZIs to get access to arcane materials held both by the British and overseas.  The demon lord is providing power.  And the tower is where he intends to ascend to immortality, crowning himself using the corrupted crown jewels as the immortal dark lord of the eternal British empire.At the same time, the other Dangers are using Crowley.  The actual doom is opposed or not really needed by the other dangers, except Crowley actually does want the Tower to fall into the Shadowfel.Then adventure fronts!  The above are major campaign events.</blockquote>

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