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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 588581" data-attributes="member: 6929">One thing you might want to do is tone down the PCs roles in everything. Not all things, just... not everything they do is world-shaking. There are probably other heroes out there, and although their eventual destinies aren't as mighty as that of the core heroes (or are they?) they'll still be doing their thing. The PCs can save towns, countries, even continents... but they're not everywhere at once.Not every corner of the world has to be touched by the core theme of the campaign. What if the orcs only sent one legion to the good guy place... land... kingdom? Where are the rest of the legions? Perhaps there's another continent somewhere that the orcs are invading simultaneously. (Stupid military tactics, it's what lost Hitler Europe, but if you amp up the orc's numbers on everyone else then it makes sense.) The PCs don't even know about it until say 13th-15th level, and the war there has been going on even longer... it just adds flavour, makes things feel a little more realistic.I always like to include a little bit of misdirection in my campaign. Nearly everything that happens isn't what you think it is... but you don't find out for some time. Adapting that to generic terms... everyone has their own agenda, even lawful-good paladin lords.Oh, and a good sub-theme dealing with massive war is people who firmly believe that nobody will ever attack them because they've got diplomats. I mean, nobody could really want to hurt them, right? What have they ever done to annoy someone else? Thus, no army is needed beyond normal law enforcement. (Two good sources for this include the Honor Harrington series by David Weber, military scifi, and 1930s-era East Europe.)Hope that helps.</blockquote>

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