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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NinjaPaladin" data-source="post: 6170578" data-attributes="member: 6747691">i) You don't -- that's the PCs job. If someone wants to get something for the Prince of Shadows, and someone else wants to get the same thing for the Dwarf King, well, that's for the PCs to decide. And it should have fun repercussions.ii) You can certainly do what you're suggesting, but one of the goals of 13th Age, or at least one of the opportunities, was to let players get a bit more narrative control by deciding what icons they wanted to matter. The icon relationships should kind of BE the "main campaign". As the GM, you can say, "Well, my plan is for the party to fight through this haunted ziggurat this session, and fight a big nasty demon at the end," but whether they're doing that to get an item for the Elf Queen, repair a damaged artifact for the Archmage, or kill a cultist of the Lich King depends upon the rolls -- and if the rolls come up "The Three", then you replace the big nasty demon with a big nasty dragon. The game is made to be simple enough in terms of overhead that you can do those changes on the fly.Now, if there's a story you want to tell specifically -- and if you're a GM, odds are that there is -- there are ways to work with this.a) Tell players up front, "I want the Three to be involved heavily in this campaign. I don't wanna say how, but it would make my life easier if several people had relationships with them. I don't really plan to use the Orc Lord much, unless someone absolutely loves him and wants to have a relationship with him. Thoughts?"b) Keep the story as you like, but have the good relationship rolls come up as flashbacks that let PCs overcome obstacles. "As I look at the statue with a strange slot in the front, I remember when I killed an agent of the Orc Lord and found a weirdly shaped pendant on his body. I wonder if that fits into that slot in the statue?" Surprise, it does! Your Orc Lord relationship helped you bypass something!c) If you get a lot of rolls, you might not be able to hit everyone in a single session. Keep track, and remember it next time. It's okay to get a bit behind. It's also okay to let heroes make suggestions for when their roll comes into play. You can treat it as the player having a Get Out of Jail Free card.iii) Not sure what you're asking for. I mean, I can brainstorm all you like. What do you need help with?</blockquote>

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