so in regards to the campaign the one thing I DESPISE about DOISP way of getting quests is the incredibly lazy videogamey 'job board' method of getting quests. I find it strange how this is apparently a 'sandbox' campaign and yet in LMoP the quests were more engaging because you had to talk to people to get them and ofc depending on some side quests you could join certain factions. My question is are there any guides out there; even ones to pay for which can help DM's hand out the DOISP quests via talking instead of the ultra-videogamey 'grab job from board rinse and repeat'?
The quests could be given by various NPCs such as Harbin Wester, Toblen Stonehill, Elma Barthen, Adabra Gwynn, Linene Graywind, Halia Thornton or Sister Garaele
The quests could be given by various NPCs such as Harbin Wester, Toblen Stonehill, Elma Barthen, Adabra Gwynn, Linene Graywind, Halia Thornton or Sister Garaele
Adding to this several of those people are members of the Sword Coast’s major factions so it would make sense for them to be acting as representatives of those groups and hiring adventurers to further their aims
Thanks for all the suggestions guys, appreciate it. The job board mechanic just irks me as I play heavily modded Skyrim and the job board is literally the Missives mod which is pretty neat starting out as a way to make coin but you dont wanna be getting EVERY quest in the game from a damned job board. Also gonna be hard for my players to get quests from Halia since they pretty much had her jailed in the MLoP campaign lol and MAYBE might be getting a secret visit from some Zhentarim mercenaries at some point...
so in regards to the campaign the one thing I DESPISE about DOISP way of getting quests is the incredibly lazy videogamey 'job board' method of getting quests. I find it strange how this is apparently a 'sandbox' campaign and yet in LMoP the quests were more engaging because you had to talk to people to get them and ofc depending on some side quests you could join certain factions. My question is are there any guides out there; even ones to pay for which can help DM's hand out the DOISP quests via talking instead of the ultra-videogamey 'grab job from board rinse and repeat'?
The quests could be given by various NPCs such as Harbin Wester, Toblen Stonehill, Elma Barthen, Adabra Gwynn, Linene Graywind, Halia Thornton or Sister Garaele
Adding to this several of those people are members of the Sword Coast’s major factions so it would make sense for them to be acting as representatives of those groups and hiring adventurers to further their aims
Also it could come from one of the player characters mentor, clergy, guild, mercenary corp, academy or college.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys, appreciate it. The job board mechanic just irks me as I play heavily modded Skyrim and the job board is literally the Missives mod which is pretty neat starting out as a way to make coin but you dont wanna be getting EVERY quest in the game from a damned job board. Also gonna be hard for my players to get quests from Halia since they pretty much had her jailed in the MLoP campaign lol and MAYBE might be getting a secret visit from some Zhentarim mercenaries at some point...