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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 2855051" data-attributes="member: 1125">Use sub-objectives and 'conditions'Example: party of 3rd level PCs is sent to retrieve a hostage from hobgoblin raiders, who have fortified an abandoned mill 8 miles distant from the PC base camp.Condition: Stealth is at a premium the mill is well guarded and if the Hobgoblins fear attack they will kill the hostage. If the hostage dies the whole mission is a failure - the PCs are now forced to rely on stealth<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=":)" /> (or magic<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />)Sub-goal 1: There is a secret access way that starts 3 miles southeast of the mill and emerges under the mill wheel, we have a guide who can take you to the entrance. However the hobs do have scouts guarding their perimeter.- so the first part of the mission is to get to the entranceway rather than to the mill. The access way also becomes a mini-dungeon too  - use that to spice up the overland travel before getting to the main objective</blockquote>