I actually posted this in a "times were your players jaws dropped" post the other day, but the thread was already pretty old and i wanted to reshare it for a wider audience.
I was the DM for two different groups for some time. They were from seperate groups of friends (and in different cities) and didnt really know each other.
Over the course of both their campaigns I managed to establish an opposing band of adventurerers that was heaviliy involved in the story, but never actually met the corresponding player group https://nox.tips/. The player groups and the npc groups were always on each other heels. Sometimes the players were first to an important artifact and had to flee, being exhausted from the boss-fight, sometimes the bounty on a cult leader was snatched away by the NPC-Group, etc.
At some point i made it clear to both groups that in the next session they would finally meet their nemeses in a big fight. When the day came one of my groups walked into my living room, while the other was already seated.
I actually posted this in a "times were your players jaws dropped" post the other day, but the thread was already pretty old and i wanted to reshare it for a wider audience.
I was the DM for two different groups for some time. They were from seperate groups of friends (and in different cities) and didnt really know each other.
Over the course of both their campaigns I managed to establish an opposing band of adventurerers that was heaviliy involved in the story, but never actually met the corresponding player group https://nox.tips/. The player groups and the npc groups were always on each other heels. Sometimes the players were first to an important artifact and had to flee, being exhausted from the boss-fight, sometimes the bounty on a cult leader was snatched away by the NPC-Group, etc.
At some point i made it clear to both groups that in the next session they would finally meet their nemeses in a big fight. When the day came one of my groups walked into my living room, while the other was already seated.
It took some seconds and then jaws were dropped..
Not gonna lie. This is pretty baller. Bravo!
This is pretty amazing.
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