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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5560884" data-attributes="member: 463">I would focus on the World and the Threat, not the Plot.&nbsp; Spend a lot of time thinking about the Threat - its goals, its plans, its capabilities.&nbsp; You can sketch out a rough timeline of eg the invasion.&nbsp; Think about some ways the Threat could be stopped, but don't force the PCs down a particular railroad.&nbsp; Let the plot epic emerge in play.For this style I would actually start the PCs fairly competent, maybe 5th level in 4e, and keep the actual threat level mostly low, you definitely do not want high PC attrition.&nbsp; The PCs may be attacked by hordes of Orcs, but make most of them 2nd level minions - allied NPCs should be scaled likewise.&nbsp; And combat should be fairly rare as well as lowish-threat.&nbsp; If you look at say the LoTR trilogy as a model, there are only a few fights that should pose a serious risk of PC death; I'd say the Bridge at Khazad Dum and the Pelennore Fields were the main '+2 over Party Level' encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5560884, member: 463"] I would focus on the World and the Threat, not the Plot. Spend a lot of time thinking about the Threat - its goals, its plans, its capabilities. You can sketch out a rough timeline of eg the invasion. Think about some ways the Threat could be stopped, but don't force the PCs down a particular railroad. Let the plot epic emerge in play. For this style I would actually start the PCs fairly competent, maybe 5th level in 4e, and keep the actual threat level mostly low, you definitely do not want high PC attrition. The PCs may be attacked by hordes of Orcs, but make most of them 2nd level minions - allied NPCs should be scaled likewise. And combat should be fairly rare as well as lowish-threat. If you look at say the LoTR trilogy as a model, there are only a few fights that should pose a serious risk of PC death; I'd say the Bridge at Khazad Dum and the Pelennore Fields were the main '+2 over Party Level' encounters. [/QUOTE]

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