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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jhanzur" data-source="post: 242517" data-attributes="member: 5633"><p>The party has just arrived in the city of Urmlaspyr in Sembia (FRCS) for about a one month's stay.  The wizard plans on making a wand if possible and the rest of the party will be doing a bit of urban site seeing.  The rogue actually wants to do a B&E to supplement his income, and I have a short solo adventure for that (might involve the authorities if things go wrong).  After this, the party is headed for Westgate.  I have a hook that they will most likely WANT to take before they leave Urmlaspyr (which I won't get into just in case <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ).  So far, I have been pretty linear in my plots, mostly because I am not comfortable with how much detail I will need for the next session.  I am pretty good at detailing one very set in stone adventure, given ALOT of time.  But I run in to trouble with having different hooks that I haven't fleshed out.  Do I risk the PCs taking a hook that I haven't planned, only to either wing it (which I do badly) or cut the session short so that in two weeks when we meet again I will be prepared?  I ask as much information at the end of each session, and in between sessions, on what the party wants to do, but I'm having a hard time coming up with character driven plot hooks.  Hopefully, at some point the party will settle into an area in the FRCS.  If they do, I will have a much easier time fleshing out a good 50sq.mile radius of hooks, NPCs, places, etc.  For now, I kind of have to push it linear.  Westgate has some great possibilities, but the party fears the city quite a bit (some of this is, sadly, metagaming on the player's parts.  Read LoD for examples of the Night Masks/Fire Knives.  Some of my players insist on owning every freaking book known to 3E).  I could easily have Westgate be nothing like what the players know.  In fact, I've thought about buying a supplement city to take it's place, i.e. Geanavue from KoK.  Any suggestions on these topics would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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