Reply To: D&D help wanted: Milestones variant and how much should I tell the players?

[lawnor 25939xp 0]

I am considering removing some quests as they become less relevant.  It seems a good way to reduce xp or periods of players feeling they aren’t levelling.  Likewise I might also not unlock certain less relevant quests as things go foward.  I fear removing key information by accident though.  I have a flow chart of how everything connects next to me right now and it looks like a confused murder board covered in red string.  Not sure I’ve caught all the connections either.  I could easily have missed some of the subtle ones.

I’m starting to see a way to do it standard milestones, but the problem there becomes that theres a way for them to jump straight from level 1 to level 3 in session 1 if I do that, and then hit level 4 in session 2 and lvl 5 in session 3, which would be an unsatisfying campaign.  I can stop that happening though, but it might become obvious and heavy handed plot manipulation, if the players make certain specific choices and don’t go full murder hobo.