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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5607165" data-attributes="member: 94022">[MENTION=63]RangerWickett[/MENTION]:&nbsp; That would actually be awesome.&nbsp; Even if the players did not participate in it all that much it would be a great help to DMs since even we can run into issues of &quot;Did I tell them this?&quot;&nbsp; or &quot;Have they met Chuck yet?&quot;&nbsp; That being said, I have no idea how easy or difficult it would be to code something like that.&nbsp; My guess is that its probably a bit more difficult than it seems, but who knows.&nbsp;Anyhoo, my hopes for Zeitgeist, based on what I've seen so far, is that it ends up not only being a rich setting in terms of flavor, but also a campaign where each particular playthrough can feel unique -- i.e. different groups have notably different experiences in it even up to possibly different &quot;succesful&quot; outcomes.&nbsp; The factions and prestige, etc, certainly seem like they could be used to provide a unique experience for everyone.&nbsp; &nbsp;Also, from what I've read about the second adventure, I'm really looking forward to it.&nbsp; Sounds like a murder mystery which I would love to see how its being implemented.&nbsp; I've always wanted to run a murder mystery type scenario, but frankly, I think that mysteries are probably the most difficult story to craft since its a very fine line between making it too obvious and making it so obscure that nobody could have gotten it without simply guessing, and a good mystery falls right in the middle of that very fine line.&nbsp; Mysteries in D&amp;D are particularly troublesome too because you need to make sure you don't end up road blocking the players or having the authorities call in Sherlock Holmes to figure it out while the players look dumbly at each other.&nbsp;Finally, and perhaps most annoyingly, I'm really looking forward to the epic tier.&nbsp; The blurb about the campaign taking place almost entirely on the material plane has me excited about epic tier.&nbsp; It certainly sounds like there will be a lot of custom monsters/NPCs there which is good not only because WotC is sorely lacking in epic tier support, but they are particularly lacking in epic tier creatures that are native to the material planes.&nbsp; The vast majority of epic creatures seem to be demons, undead and dragons.&nbsp; Sure, those are fun, but you need some other critters to put in between them.&nbsp; By the way, I say annoyingly because I will have to wait so long for the awesomeness that will be the new epic tier critters (almost certainly after my current home game hits epic tier based on the 3 year comment).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5607165, member: 94022"] [MENTION=63]RangerWickett[/MENTION]: That would actually be awesome. Even if the players did not participate in it all that much it would be a great help to DMs since even we can run into issues of "Did I tell them this?" or "Have they met Chuck yet?" That being said, I have no idea how easy or difficult it would be to code something like that. My guess is that its probably a bit more difficult than it seems, but who knows. Anyhoo, my hopes for Zeitgeist, based on what I've seen so far, is that it ends up not only being a rich setting in terms of flavor, but also a campaign where each particular playthrough can feel unique -- i.e. different groups have notably different experiences in it even up to possibly different "succesful" outcomes. The factions and prestige, etc, certainly seem like they could be used to provide a unique experience for everyone. Also, from what I've read about the second adventure, I'm really looking forward to it. Sounds like a murder mystery which I would love to see how its being implemented. I've always wanted to run a murder mystery type scenario, but frankly, I think that mysteries are probably the most difficult story to craft since its a very fine line between making it too obvious and making it so obscure that nobody could have gotten it without simply guessing, and a good mystery falls right in the middle of that very fine line. Mysteries in D&D are particularly troublesome too because you need to make sure you don't end up road blocking the players or having the authorities call in Sherlock Holmes to figure it out while the players look dumbly at each other. Finally, and perhaps most annoyingly, I'm really looking forward to the epic tier. The blurb about the campaign taking place almost entirely on the material plane has me excited about epic tier. It certainly sounds like there will be a lot of custom monsters/NPCs there which is good not only because WotC is sorely lacking in epic tier support, but they are particularly lacking in epic tier creatures that are native to the material planes. The vast majority of epic creatures seem to be demons, undead and dragons. Sure, those are fun, but you need some other critters to put in between them. By the way, I say annoyingly because I will have to wait so long for the awesomeness that will be the new epic tier critters (almost certainly after my current home game hits epic tier based on the 3 year comment). [/QUOTE]

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