Re: [HoE] Marshall needs help

["Matthew DeForrest" <mmdeforrest@worldnet.att.net>]

----- Original Message -----
> So should I:
>
> A)  Let them get to Boise. If so, how do I run this adventure without
> contradicting or ruining the Boise set to come out.
>
> B) Use weather and whatever to "force" them to go south. My problem is I
> am not sure how to do this without it looking like I am forcing them (I
> don't mind forcing them, I just don't want it to look like I am). One
> character is Heroic and I could keep throwing things at him....but this
> seems contrived.

While I think that just having a storm blow up isn't a good idea -- unless
it leads immediately into an adventure (see "The Shape of Things A Commin'"
in the HOE library), I wouldn't worry too much about things being contrived.
After all, every adventure you run is, by definition, contrived.  What you
want is something which doesn't break the "willing suspension of disbelief"
of your players.  A good use of a storm might be to force them to take
shelter where a group of people running from something or in some other need
of help has holed up.

Matt

Matthew M. DeForrest, Ph.D.   Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Wingate University; Wingate, NC 28174-0157

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