living world reference

LIVING WORLD

Magical Goings-on

Undirected Large Area Effect

• Unusual Weather
• Dragon Effects
• Unusual Animal Behavior
• Communal Dreams
• Unusual Vegetation (too sparse / too dense / unusual form)

Human Schemes, Non-Magical

Indirect Large Area Effect

• Folks On The Move
  • Weapons and Armor
  • Food
  • Misc Wares

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-Threat doing threat stuff secretly

-Threat doing threat stuff openly

-Threat doing threat stuff that broadens the stakes. (Negatively affects or puts at risk more of the world’s people and/or places)

-Threat doing threat stuff that deepens the stakes. (affects more of the PC’s personal interests and valued people/places)

-Threat doing threat stuff that removes options or resources that could have helped PCs deal with the threat.

-Threat doing threat stuff that makes it seem like the outlook is dimming, chance of defeating the threat is rapidly dwindling down to zero.

-Threat wins.