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Questions tagged [campaign-development]

For questions about writing, managing, and expanding campaigns.

For questions about writing, managing, and expanding campaigns.

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Running Parallel Campaigns

So, as seems to frequently be the case with me, more players wish to be a part of my new campaign than I'm comfortable putting around one table (maybe 8). I toyed briefly with the idea of running two campaigns with different parties in parallel in…
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What sort of events provides an impetus for adventuring to become commonplace?

As an example, in the Earthdawn setting, civilization was segregated because of demonic creatures known as the horrors that scourged and ruled over the surface world. The tides of magic that enabled them to invade Barsaive receded, and so the threat…
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Are there any established "best practices" for teams of GMs creating campaign content?

I maintain a group of roughly 10 players including 3-5 flaky DMs. While looking for solutions to the usual large group problems (maintaining attention, DM overload, slow combat, designing appropriate encounters, etc), we have reached the conclusion…
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Any sites or periodicals dedicated to campaign ideas/concepts?

Like many GMs, I'm perfectly content to sit around and think up new ideas for campaigns or one-shots (with only about 10% of these ideas ever making it to the table). Also like most, I really enjoy just sitting around and listening to/reading other…
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I'm building a science fantasy settlement in a harshly extreme environment; how do these guys survive without natural resources?

In this setting, people are living in isolation in what is effectively a dungeon. Dungeons are usually built with an ecology in mind. Standard answers to common questions such as "Where do clean air and water come from?" are usually solved through…
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How can I avoid retreading the same genre themes every campaign?

I've run many post-apocalypse campaigns over the years, using games ranging from Aftermath! to Apocalypse World. Survival is the underpinning for most post-apocalypse settings, but survival alone isn't usually a very satisfying motivation for…
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Any mechanics out there for developing and maintaining a spy/information network?

I have a player who would like his character to begin developing a network of people in the towns they visit. For lack of a better phrase, and because it seems that would be the most likely mechanic to exist out there, it would be a "spy" network,…
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How do you Create a Campaign?

I've used Savage Worlds Plot Point campaigns for successful campaigns (i.e., multiple connected sessions with some coherence to them, where something is accomplished), but don't have any idea how to plan out my own. What do you do when you are…
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How can I transform my script into a campaign?

I have the idea, the script is written and it looks like a sci-fi novel. Now how can I make this world "playable"? Do I just put a few players' characters into the scene where a series of actions are taking place, and guide them through the plot…
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Advice and sources for designing a fantasy political campaign?

A friend of mine is running a Middle-earth campaign and wants to make a political twist. As he knows I use to play that gamestyle (although in a contemporary setting), he has asked me to get involved on the setting design. The campaign will be based…
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How do you run a campaign of Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex?

I've been GMing for the better part of a decade off and on through High School and college. In the past couple of years, I've only run my own homebrew d6 system and am looking to run a new game. If anyone here is an avid fan of Fear the Boot (as…
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Where to share RPG adventures?

Is there a good place to share some RPG modules that I've made? There's no IP information. Combat information is generic and things like magic item treasure are randomly generated. It's based in my world, but the modules are made so they could…
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Is there any resource for side quests with which to fill out one's campaign?

Earlier I was helping to make a list of side quest ideas. Nothing like "defeat Arthur and obtain Excalibur." More like "rescue damsel in distress." Really simple stuff which is more like side quest categories, actually. Is there a list online for…
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I Need Help Generating a Table of Effects

I am writing a one-off campaign that involves an illusion where if the character dies they come back with a random affliction, such as "convinced they are invisible." I want it to be primarily populated by things that are roleplayed instead of…
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I may be crazy for wanting a completely PvP campaign

So, recently I hatched the genius idea to design a free for all campaign. After about ten minutes, I said to myself this isn't going to work. Later that month I was thinking about it a little more and I came up with having about 4-5 groups of people…
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