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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3412572" data-attributes="member: 30035">Overarching plots are a nice way to give cohesion to the party, but as others have pointed out they do have their drawbacks.I think Merkuri's example of the A and B plots is a good one to use. The B plot can be developed further and eventually become the A plot at some points in the story if the players show interest in it, or it can be left by the wayside if they don't.To use another tv series as an example, on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the first season they introduced a plot about some unknown aliens infiltrating Starfleet Command. But after they destroyed some of the aliens who were masquerading as important Starfleet officials, that entire plotline was dropped and the series never went back to it. No one ever went on to investigate where those aliens came from, or if more of them had infiltrated other parts of Starfleet. It's okay if you introduce a plot involving the Dreaming Dark and the players decide not to pursue it. As long as everybody's having fun, it doesn't matter if the party doesn't follow through on your B plot.</blockquote>