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<blockquote data-quote="Erywin" data-source="post: 3527368" data-attributes="member: 28794">I was wondering if anybody did Villian Exposes in thier campaign, alla cutscene while the PCs are off in a dungeon, the BBEG is talking with his 2nd or doing some other evil act.&nbsp; Now I don't mean revealing everything, just a few tidbits to help the PCs understand whats happening.&nbsp; I know it would take alot of trust on both parts, mainly the PCs not acting on the OOC info, but I think it would really be an interesting way to add some more depth to a campaign.The reason I am asking this is that I tend to hold most my cards close unless a situation dictates I show them.&nbsp; Over the last year the PCs have been following the Eberron adventure path (starts with the Forgotten Forge) but all the encounters were buffed up seeing as its a 32 pt buy gestalt game with the characters at 8-11th lvl, they just finished Grasp of the Emerald Claw.&nbsp; Now before the last session, they were all complaining that there were too many story arcs happening and that they couldn't just focus on one without letting everything else go to the wayside, mainly due to the fact of the time constraints on most of the missions.&nbsp; Now I knew that all the arcs they were complaining about seemed to be all different and unrelated, but when in fact they were just part of a larger arc (changeling Hexblade/Cleric that was really good at taking on multiple personalities, he was actually playing about 3-4 different bad guys the PCs had to hunt down/find).&nbsp; I think I nearly had a revolt on my hands up until the point that they finally confronted him and realized that he was the key to everything.They have unraveled one thread but there are many more to go, just wondering if any other DMs had been in this situation and what they did about it.Cheers,E</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erywin, post: 3527368, member: 28794"] I was wondering if anybody did Villian Exposes in thier campaign, alla cutscene while the PCs are off in a dungeon, the BBEG is talking with his 2nd or doing some other evil act. Now I don't mean revealing everything, just a few tidbits to help the PCs understand whats happening. I know it would take alot of trust on both parts, mainly the PCs not acting on the OOC info, but I think it would really be an interesting way to add some more depth to a campaign. The reason I am asking this is that I tend to hold most my cards close unless a situation dictates I show them. Over the last year the PCs have been following the Eberron adventure path (starts with the Forgotten Forge) but all the encounters were buffed up seeing as its a 32 pt buy gestalt game with the characters at 8-11th lvl, they just finished Grasp of the Emerald Claw. Now before the last session, they were all complaining that there were too many story arcs happening and that they couldn't just focus on one without letting everything else go to the wayside, mainly due to the fact of the time constraints on most of the missions. Now I knew that all the arcs they were complaining about seemed to be all different and unrelated, but when in fact they were just part of a larger arc (changeling Hexblade/Cleric that was really good at taking on multiple personalities, he was actually playing about 3-4 different bad guys the PCs had to hunt down/find). I think I nearly had a revolt on my hands up until the point that they finally confronted him and realized that he was the key to everything. They have unraveled one thread but there are many more to go, just wondering if any other DMs had been in this situation and what they did about it. Cheers, E [/QUOTE]

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