Rivaling Adventuring Parties: Help Needed

[Lazaryus]

I'm working on a new campaign, featuring to adventuring parties played by separate groups. I started this thread in suggestions/house rules/homebrew, but have been trying to get it moved here. Until then, here is the link.

[DrDeth]

I'll be frank. I dont like this idea. First Pre-gens are not fun for many. Next- rival parties will lead to animosity and PvP.

It also sounds liek you have a story to tell and the Players will be forced into going along with it.

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

Kinda agree with DD

[Lazaryus]

I don't even have first quests yet. As for the rivalry, I don't know if I'll go through with it. I am only doing first level stuff on the characters, then I set them loose.

[Derrick Winters]

/me copy-pastes his reply from the other thread:

I suggest the following:

1) Have 20 pre-generated characters; keep them simple & straightforward; give them a quirk, a flaw, a goal, and three "bond options"
(one positive, one negative, one neutral relationship to another character: "positive" = A saved B's life in the past; "negative" = A owes C a large amount of money, "neutral" A and D are from the same hometown)

2) Do not force the players to pick the pregens, but have them as template, tell your players: Pick one of these, or make one like them - with a quirk (=personality trait that "colors" the character), with a flaw (a weakness, not necessarily mechanical), with a goal (something that character wants to achieve) and three generic "bond options" as outlined above.

3) Once the PCs have picked their characters, have them apply the three bonds to other PCs - irrelevant if the "bonded" PCs are party members or "rival party members".

4) Offer quests, take the goals of the PCs into account, and watch what happens. Stay on your toes; if a PC reaches/fulfils/changes his goal, prompt the player to find/create a new goal.

Have the relationships change/evolve throughout the game to avoid them becoming stale and static; offer boons (free traits/feats/ability score increase/spells known) for changing relationships/reaching IC goals.

[Zetheroth]

I did a thing on the original thread.

[Lazaryus]

Yeah, you announced to whoever reads it that you're the kind of player who will sneak illegal characters past the gm.

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

Why don't you just check everyones character sheets before the game starts and after every level? that is what I do.

[Lazaryus]

That's not all. He also undermines attempts to carry out serious campaigns. I've been trying to get him in a serious campaign for a couple of years now.

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

Why do you keep trying?

there is clearly animosity between you, I'd be suprised to see any none dysfunctional gaming going on.

[Lazaryus]

I kind of blame myself for introducing the game to him as a GTA-esque freeroam sandbox game.

[Lazaryus]

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