Same HeroLab portfolio added to many topics -- any performance concerns?

[Silveras]

Originally Posted by kbs666

I'd go with one realm per campaign. If you just buy and run adventures then a campaign is likely something like an AP or the equivalent, the career of the PC's.

Counterpoint: I am working on a "shared continuity" setup for most/all of the Adventure Paths in Varisia .. Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Second Darkness, Shattered Star, (Giantslayer, maybe), and Return of the Runelords.

The events, successes, and failures of each AP will shape the conditions for the next.

[kbs666]

Originally Posted by Silveras

Counterpoint: I am working on a "shared continuity" setup for most/all of the Adventure Paths in Varisia .. Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Second Darkness, Shattered Star, (Giantslayer, maybe), and Return of the Runelords.

The events, successes, and failures of each AP will shape the conditions for the next.

While that's an interesting idea how are you actually going to run it? Do you intend to run separate parties through each AP or to run them in succession?

[Silveras]

Originally Posted by kbs666

While that's an interesting idea how are you actually going to run it? Do you intend to run separate parties through each AP or to run them in succession?

In succession. I've started Rise of the Runelords on Roll20 just recently. The players are hyped for the idea of playing several APs in the same region, with the outcome of one impacting the others.

By keeping a careful log of events, during each successive AP I can mention events that occurred in the previous ones as news and rumors (since the settings are isolated enough by distance for that); likewise, by knowing what is coming, I can insert the significant events of a concurrent AP in the same manner.

So, for example, Rise of the Runelords originally began in September 4707. Curse of the Crimson Throne begins in February 4708. When March of 4708 rolls around, my Rise of the Runelords characters can hear about events in Korvosa. Second Darkness begins around August of 4708, and my Rise of the Runelords characters can hear about the Shadow in the Sky over Riddleport around that time.

Later, when playing out Curse of the Crimson Throne, events that occurred in my Rise of the Runelords campaign can become news and rumors that the characters hear about in Korvosa at the appropriate times.

For which reason, I *really* want to see per-character reveal controls come soon, as (hopefully) the same players will be playing characters in each campaign.