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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8226297" data-attributes="member: 42582">OK, so what is the process for determining when the PCs encounter them?Suppose the GM has a note which channels some mix of the Odyssey and REH Conan and reads: The temple of Olath is of predominantly black marble with the occasional lurid green mottling. The high priest is pleasant enough company, but at his core as cruel as his divine master. He may try to trap unsuspecting travellers to sacrifice them on Olath's profane altar! And then maybe there's a map and key to the temple, and a stat block for the evil high priest.There are very many ways that such a note could be used in play. Just as a handful of examples:* it could be used to frame a situation (After many days lost at sea, you are able to anchor your galley in a sheltered bay. The beach slopes up quite steeply, and above the beach is a hill. At the top of the hill sits what looks like a temple that glistens black in the sunlight.); * it could be used to establish a consequence of a failed check (eg an orienteering check, or teleportation roll, or similar sort of manoeuvre is failed, and the GM narrates Instead of arriving safely at the destination you had hoped, you find yourself lost in the swamp - but through the mists you can see a building all of black that looks like a temple . . .); * it could be used to determine an outcome of an action declaration (one of the PCs has been captured by the high priest of Olath, and the player of another PC declares I want to sneak in and rescue my friend. I believe temples of Olath often have a concealed way in and out. Can I find one here? The GM might then consult the previously-drawn map, note the absence of any concealed way drawn on that map, and answer "No").There are other ways, too, and each of the above has "sub-ways" - eg a GM might use notes (like a "world map" or "region map") to decide what are the possible suite of consequences for a failed orienteering check, and this might help the GM decide whether or not the Temple of Olath is a possible narration on this particular occasion of failure.</blockquote>

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