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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6828555" data-attributes="member: 97077">First, tell the players your idea and ask for their buy-in. If they aren't into starting the campaign on the run, then you're going to run into issues. But once they agree this is something cool they want to be a part of, you're good to go.Next, consider the stakes, that is, what happens when the PCs win and lose. Success is pretty simple to imagine - they escape the invading army. What happens if they fail? Perhaps they are overrun and captured. Or maybe failure just means they escape at some great cost or with an ongoing complication.Finally, set up the adventure by placing obstacles in between the PCs and their goal. Their goal is ostensibly to escape, so put appropriately difficult challenges in the way. If they overcome most or all of these challenges, then they succeed. If they do not, then they fail.You may want to consider thinking about making the rules for travel pace, activities while traveling, and forced march important. I recommend presenting every choice as a trade-off. The optional chase rules in the DMG may also provide you with some inspiration, though I would only use these for individual scenes that involve a chase (e.g. the army's outriders catch up to you!) rather than the high-level goal of escaping the army as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 6828555, member: 97077"] First, tell the players your idea and ask for their buy-in. If they aren't into starting the campaign on the run, then you're going to run into issues. But once they agree this is something cool they want to be a part of, you're good to go. Next, consider the stakes, that is, what happens when the PCs win and lose. Success is pretty simple to imagine - they escape the invading army. What happens if they fail? Perhaps they are overrun and captured. Or maybe failure just means they escape at some great cost or with an ongoing complication. Finally, set up the adventure by placing obstacles in between the PCs and their goal. Their goal is ostensibly to escape, so put appropriately difficult challenges in the way. If they overcome most or all of these challenges, then they succeed. If they do not, then they fail. You may want to consider thinking about making the rules for travel pace, activities while traveling, and forced march important. I recommend presenting every choice as a trade-off. The optional chase rules in the DMG may also provide you with some inspiration, though I would only use these for individual scenes that involve a chase (e.g. the army's outriders catch up to you!) rather than the high-level goal of escaping the army as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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