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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8713376" data-attributes="member: 7635">So at what point does the &quot;living world&quot; part come in?On the next new moon, the cultists of Orcus summon a demon. There is a warband of orcs razing towns in a path toward the capital. A young dragon is demanding a maiden a month. If the PCs don't intervene, at least one of these things are going to bite their butt later. A home village gets destroyed. A person the PCs know gets her lottery drawn. Etc. Plot hooks don't just fade into the ether because the PCs say &quot;nah&quot;. And if there is enough &quot;other&quot; adventurers to stop the cult, slay the dragon, and halt the horde, then the PCs are damn near useless. I mean, I /guess/ you can just never use adventures with those kinds of stakes. PCs could just be conquistadors looking for treasure from creatures otherwise minding their own business. But I assume &quot;evil&quot; is an active force at least some of the time and the PCs don't always get to pick the form of the destroyer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8713376, member: 7635"] So at what point does the "living world" part come in? On the next new moon, the cultists of Orcus summon a demon. There is a warband of orcs razing towns in a path toward the capital. A young dragon is demanding a maiden a month. If the PCs don't intervene, at least one of these things are going to bite their butt later. A home village gets destroyed. A person the PCs know gets her lottery drawn. Etc. Plot hooks don't just fade into the ether because the PCs say "nah". And if there is enough "other" adventurers to stop the cult, slay the dragon, and halt the horde, then the PCs are damn near useless. I mean, I /guess/ you can just never use adventures with those kinds of stakes. PCs could just be conquistadors looking for treasure from creatures otherwise minding their own business. But I assume "evil" is an active force at least some of the time and the PCs don't always get to pick the form of the destroyer. [/QUOTE]

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