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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 4657179" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Hello, my friend!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Well, I originally created the *Seven Principles of Dynamic Temples* as a kind of template from which I could use to quickly get a grasp on any given temple encountered. Essentially a series of questions from which I could be sure to remain conscious of as I sketched out some details of any temples in the area that the players are likely to be visiting or traveling through. Once I jotted down some thoughts regarding each question as posed to a particular temple, I am thus able to describe and work with a more dynamic temple with and interactively towards the players--so that any particular temple didn't merely seem like yet another generic healing station.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Now, to more pointedly answer your questions, the DM is thus armed with more tools, if you will, to not only generate new adventures for the players visiting a particular temple, but also have a clearer idea of the goals, motivations, priorities, and style of the temple, and the temple's staff of clerics. The DM can use this information to weave it in for example with other quests that the players may already be pursuing, as well as providing additional layers or side-quests that are more interesting and meaningful to the players. The players may interact with a more interesting and diverse temple staff, and not only develop new friendships and contacts, but also gain a greater sense of the importance and involvement of that particular temple within the local community. Perhaps a player is a follower of a particular temple developed through the *Seven Principles of a Dynamic Temple*--by interacting with the encountered temple staff, the player in question gains a deeper consciousness of their own role and goals as a follower of that temple/pantheon/deity. From these kinds of things, for example, the player may develop goals and questions that proceed to require even deeper involvement with the temple staff, and thus give birth to inspiring new quests and missions--which, besides being interesting, entertaining, and otherwise meaningful--also provide a sort of *organic* enrichment to the campaign, which in some ways actually requires less effort from the DM, as such depth and richness proceeds to actually grow out of the dynamic principles of the temple interacting with the players. Does all of that make any sense?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Just trying to get a sense from the limitations of our medium here if you are "seeing" what I'm attempting to explain.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In other ways, it gives other related NPC's, for example, say priests or priestesses of the temple, as well as various members of the community involved with the dynamic temple, a whole different range of motivations and reasons to interact with the players. Such involvement, of course, as noted, can easily give rise to numerous new kinds of adventures--but such adventures and quests may have entirely different goals or reasons for being, or at least distinctively different from the normal, and often routine and perhaps even boring formula from which the players are accustomed to pursuing their adventures and quests.I must admit that most of my players are typically very much *into* the details of my campaign world, so I have often been challenged through the years and different campaigns with needing to answer a whole host of different questions and topics of conversation, not only dealing with things like--(1) What does the Temple of Romantic Banana feel about "X" If so, why do they feel this way? How does that relate to their relationships with these other neighboring temples in the same town or area?(2) Furthermore, what does Priestess "X" of White Chocolate Rhino feel about this, and why? What does she know, how did she learn it, and what does she hope to gain by learning "X" or gaining "Y"? In addition, how might Priestess "X" react to us if we can help her with A, B, and C? Or this here that the temple of Happy Peach is doing--that's very cool. However, what of we can help them with not only "C"--but what about "D"? They may have not even thought of "D" yet. "Goal D" seems very much inline with what the temple of Romantic Banana would love--and if we can make "D" happen, then perhaps the temple of Romantic Banana and the temple of Happy Peach can make further progress on E, F, and G. Then, well, that gives rise to the possibilities of us being able to accomplish H, I and J for the temple here, and that can also help us with K, as well as our own leads with A1, B1, and C1.Well, I hope that makes some sense.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> I might be confused myself now.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Tell me what you think, my friend, and I'll see if I can relate these "principles" to the players in a more concrete manner.Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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