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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fayd12" data-source="post: 4229375" data-attributes="member: 61744">Harr pretty much exactly describes what I do here.  One of my pre-planned encounters is usually a climax that ties into the overall campaign.  I have an idea of what the overall campaign climax will be from the very start, but the how/why changes as the PCs progress through the different sub-stages.  This allows me to tell a story at the same time I'm running a sandbox.Meaningful NPCs and NPC organizations are improtant for me.  Making up how everything inter-relates is easier to do on the fly during the session since the PCs can see connections I didn't think of.  If the connections they see sound cool to me then POOF, that magically becomes how I had always planned it to work.  If I don't like the connections they draw it allows me to play on their pre-conceptions by having it end up being completely different.</blockquote>