TidesOfTime/DesignThoughts

Design Elements

• Linked elements: All major elements in the campaign should be linked together. Thus the actions of the players \

will affect other areas of the story

• Repeated Appearence: Elements should appear multiple times in the cronicle. The meeting with a strange old man becomes a major plot line later in the campaign. A landmark that is merly described in one adventure is central to another. Major NPCs are visible throughout the story.

• Evolving elements: As the campaign moves forward, so do the NPCs and other elements. Players will meet NPCs at different times. What might be a minor celestial servant at first might turn into a major figure in the progress of the cronicle.

Influences

• Babylon 5: This series with it's 5 year story arc that links distant elements together, so that you can only \

fully appreciate the show after seeing it all was my strongest influence for this campaign. TidesOfTime also features a conflict \ between two giant forces, the battleground being layed down by political backstabbing and personal agendas. \ The Main antagonist shows many resemblences of Londo Molari.

• The Enemy Within: A classical Warhammer Fantasy campaign, that evolves around the political manouvering behind the throne \

of the empire.

• Die Dämonenschmiede: This book describes the fight of a small group against the invading hordes of another sphere. \

It will be used for the latter part of the campaign, where the conflict is in the open.