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<blockquote data-quote="Gardens &amp;amp; Goblins" data-source="post: 7293018" data-attributes="member: 6846794">Recently, we decided to run a few sessions where we cut all pretense of constructing an organic, 'natural' narrative and gunned for something simple and direct. It's worked really well - while serving to free up the players to focus on 'getting stuff done' (killing things, rescuing folks, retrieving shiny things) its simplicity has become a boon, providing a framework for the players to build upon creatively as and when they wish.The setup is as follows:- The characters are ADVENTURERS- They are members of the ADVENTURER'S GUILD- They are given QUESTS by QUEST GIVER (A npc who's name has never been asked and is referred to within the guild as quite literally, 'Quest Giver'.)- Players agree to have their characters work together because of their shared affiliation with the Adventurer's Guild. They are free to create new characters before each Quest is started.The players have made a social contract to accept a given quest, with the caveat that each quest is relatively loose in structure, typically with a single goal and a few optional objectives that they can go for if they wish to do so.Each Quest is built to last around 2 sessions, though each has taken 3 due to roleplaying and a few encounters that escalated in complexity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gardens & Goblins, post: 7293018, member: 6846794"] Recently, we decided to run a few sessions where we cut all pretense of constructing an organic, 'natural' narrative and gunned for something simple and direct. It's worked really well - while serving to free up the players to focus on 'getting stuff done' (killing things, rescuing folks, retrieving shiny things) its simplicity has become a boon, providing a framework for the players to build upon creatively as and when they wish. The setup is as follows: - The characters are ADVENTURERS - They are members of the ADVENTURER'S GUILD - They are given QUESTS by QUEST GIVER [SIZE=1][I](A npc who's name has never been asked and is referred to within the guild as quite literally, 'Quest Giver'.) [/I][/SIZE][SIZE=2]- Players agree to have their characters work together because of their shared affiliation with the Adventurer's Guild. They are free to create new characters before each Quest is started.[/SIZE] The players have made a social contract to accept a given quest, with the caveat that each quest is relatively loose in structure, typically with a single goal and a few optional objectives that they can go for if they wish to do so. Each Quest is built to last around 2 sessions, though each has taken 3 due to roleplaying and a few encounters that escalated in complexity. [/QUOTE]

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