So, a group of adventurers buy a bar.
It’s no wonder such a theme resonates with people.
The story almost generates itself!
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However, when building a survival campaign, complications can arise immediately.
But you don’t have to go it alone!
Here’s how to start.
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Be prepared to change gears.
This is why removing some equipment or altering abilities is so important!
Both books deal with survival aspects and talk about resting and travel in detail.
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If the short rests are easier to take,then make long resting an ordeal.
Diversify What Survival Means
Survival is what you make it.
Sometimes it’sfighting a demonas it picks off your party one by one.
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But that isn’t all it is.
It’stopography, and in some cases,diplomacy.
A river does not stop chipping away at the rock, no matter how small the rock gets.
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This apathy in the setting will also mean that sometimes there are easier days.
Use this sparingly, though, so it doesn’t lose its fear factor!
Ask yourself questions about the plot.Why are they surviving?
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Are they in a gritty war setting, acting as a special unit?
Are they running from captors or evading a big bad?
Rolling with the punches?
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Here’s how to use backup characters.
