Every country is on the edge, and everything is connected. If the first domino falls (say Lord Darro invades the Eldeen Reaches w/o the tacit support of the Aundairan Crown, and fails miserably, revealing that nations weakness), then it is more than feasible that every other piece is then at risk of falling. Wrap it all up with the Greedy Aurum on one end, and the Lords of Dust at the other, and bang! A ****-storm of epic proportions, and a campaign to end all campaigns.
Of course, my rationale brain cell tells me that the bookkeeping alone would require me to quit my job, and drop all of my hobbies (DnD included,
) But it would be an awesome thing to behold.I just tell myself to keep a steady pace, not put too much on my plate, and save some fodder for campaign #2...
No real point here, just bloviating.
But kudos to Baker and Wyatt are in order, just because they make me want to put the plot-revolver to my players' collective noggin and pull the trigger until it goes *click*.
And those were just today's ideas.
No, if I can get KB to couch surf to my place for a week, I'd assume that's the kind of campaign he'd drop... there'd be dragonmarks and draconic prophecy and silver flame and day of mourning spoilers flying all OVER the place :D
My motto in DMing is... less is more. Unless you have tons and tons of time to devote to the campaign, and want to write things MONTHS in advance, take 2-3 ideas and make those really in-depth and perfectly executed. To do all that you're proposing (or, god forbid, more) and do it with the kind of interweaving that would do it justice, you'd almost have to write a novel before you even start rolling dice.
And that's assuming the players don't mess it all up in the first session.
I'm in the same boat, only on top of that I want to throw in a bunch of dragon prophecy stuff as well as the opportunity to travel to all the different continents too. I'm starting to think that 30 levels of play isn't enough time to incorporate all the ideas.
I've found I've got too many adventures and not enough levels. But that's okay. I'm throwing a few hooks at my players, and the bait they don't take will get saved for a future campaign
And that's without me having the ECG yet ;)
-Accidentally killing major NPCs
-Opening a portal to Xoriat
-Insulting the BBEG to his face
-Who knows what else?
The PCs will turn any campaign into an end-of-the-world scenario.
Best of luck.
And that's assuming the players don't mess it all up in the first session.
Excellent point. Planning that far in advance would require either very rigid (poor) DMing, or leaves you ripe for a little "I wonder what this button does?" action.
It doesn't matter how you prepare-the PCs will screw everything up.
-Accidentally killing major NPCs
-Opening a portal to Xoriat
-Insulting the BBEG to his face
-Who knows what else?
The PCs will turn any campaign into an end-of-the-world scenario.
Best of luck.
- That's what Twins and triplets are for! (My players Cut Garrow to RIBBONS in whispers of the Vampire's Blade and I had no choice but to kill him... and they killed saber too! - so now in Grasp of the Emerald Claw, the new Garrow is going to be the brother of Garrow I, and Garrow III will likely show up in a future adventure now too. And since I'm working with Blood of Vol people, they resurrected and thus gained the loyalty of Saber.)
- That sounds like a cooler adventure anyway
- Roll with it, your BBEG is a spider-man villain, and the heroes are spider-man - spider-man quips and insults all the time, so think what would doctor octopus do?