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swallowyersoul 02-08-07, 10:25 PM	so there's a quote that goes along the lines of "there are really only nine stories", meaning all tales fall into one of several broad categories. i figure the same is true of campaigns. how many can we think of? here's three the freeform campaign: the campaign is a series of unconnected adventures with little or no overarching plot the 'trap door' campaign: the first few levels are really just foreplay, establishing the norm. then something happens to seriously upset the norm and the pcs spend the rest of the campaign restoring normality. the artifact hunt: for one of an infinite supply of reasons, the pcs have to acquire or destroy an artifact. what else we got?
ZolDarklock 02-08-07, 11:02 PM	If it's a true campaign, then there is only one kind, you got a world full of squirrels, go find a nut... a true campaign is only one type, a world full of plot twisting schemers all trying to make a better living than the other guy and most willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that, drop the pc's in the mix, turn them loose, and then watch the true random encounters kill them all
Cyanide300 02-08-07, 11:12 PM	We're being invaded!: Something that's not supposed to be in this land has come into this land and must be driven back.
ZolDarklock 02-09-07, 12:15 AM	"78% of DM's started their first campaign in a tavern. If you're one of the 22% that didn't, copy and paste this into your signature." Mine started with a single PC "a orphaned 16 year old boy / a 0 level ranger" in a lineshack outhouse on the outskirts of a horse ranch in the middle of nowhere, during the worst blizzard ever recorded at midnight on New Years Eve (Hammer 1) a moment before an orcish army of 25,000 soldiers plowed thru the area...
fatal error 02-09-07, 12:31 AM	Slay the King! The PCs are members of a rebellion movement to kill the tyrannical ruler of the land and restore peace and happiness. Fetch This, Fetch That, AHHH THE HORNED RAT IS UPON US A sub-category of the Trap Door campaign, this one involves the PCs being the ones to set up the Trap Door. This can be further differentiated by giving them a choice whether to be part of the Trap Door or not, by having them decide to join forces with the huge change they unwittingly unleashed or fight against it.
frightened fighter 02-09-07, 12:46 AM	There is also the Discover the Dark SecretCampaign. You know, the one where strange occurances keep happening and when you go to investigate the "old mine shaft"or what ever you are plunged into chaos and go through 5 adventures to discover the secret...... Ha?......aAnybody?.....;)
Anaxander 02-09-07, 04:41 AM	The Twist: The campaign starts as something trivial or a small quest, but turns into something unexpected, something bigger, etc.
Cyanide300 02-09-07, 04:43 PM	The Twist: The campaign starts as something trivial or a small quest, but turns into something unexpected, something bigger, etc. I don't think that really calls for its own campaign type. That's just a plot twist.
Dan Hemmens 02-09-07, 04:57 PM	On a more general level, I'd add; The Map There's a world out there with stuff in it. The players can bimble around doing more or less what they like. The Relay Race The DM gives the players a plot hook, and lets them run with it.