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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8883016" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Then the king declares them outlaws for failing to save his son. Now the party has to deal with bounty hunters and assassins because of it.While an actual Doom Clock gets old, there should normally be consequences for taking a rest. If there's not, then you designed the adventure to assume they will rest at that point (whether you intended it or not). The bad guys should not remain static, waiting in their default location until the party runs across them, but should be reacting. If the party attacks a dungeon, then leaves, they should shore up their defenses, possibly including traps, patrols, increased guards, etc. Remember: if the party does a full 8 hour adventuring day, that leaves 16 hours to respond, so if they do less than an hour a day, they have almost 24 hours to respond (and you can get a lot done in a day, if you put your mind to it).</blockquote>