# The Adventure Funnel ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) URL:: http://xbowvsbuddha.blogspot.com/2006/10/adventure-funnel.html Author:: xbowvsbuddha.blogspot.com ## Highlights > STEP 1: GOAL > Write down a one-sentence objective for your players to accomplish. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716629)) > GOAL: Deliver and sell 200 tons of books, music and magazines to a buyer on Arduun. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716630)) > STEP 2: OBSTACLES ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716634)) > OBSTACLES: > Pirates > Customs > The merchandise is contraband > No buyer, ha ha > Conan shows up looking for a fight ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716635)) > STEP 3: DETAILS ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716636)) > DETAILS: > The media content is all pop culture stuff from Capital. The far-future equivalents of Tiger Beat, synth music, Cosmo, Carrot Top movies, etc. > The head of Starport Authority on Arduun is a guy named Frampton Roosh, 64, near retirement. > The government of Arduun just flipped over from an oligarchy to a charismatic dictatorship, focussed on "cultural purity". Hence, Tiger Beat is illegal. > RE: Conan -- A brawny barbarian from the Sword Worlds gets drunk at the same bar as the PCs, and starts a fight. Inconsequential but fun. maybe an interesting, recurring NPC? > The pirates are Vargr, raiding not for profit but for survival. > The customs office is short-staffed on account of a flu epidemic. > The new government came into power following a short but bloody civil war. Fascists, the lot of 'em. > Cargo is contraband, and when word gets out that it's in the starport, TWO buyers present themselves: organized crime and freedm-fighters. PCs must choose with whom to do business! > The freedom fighter representative is an attractive lass named Cami .... ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716638)) > resist the temptation to provide too much detail; give yourself wiggle room. Use this stuff as a basis for winging it, not a script for railroading. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716642)) > STEP 4: ASSISTANCE AND REWARDS (Optional) ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716643)) --- Title: The Adventure Funnel Author: xbowvsbuddha.blogspot.com Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # The Adventure Funnel ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) URL:: http://xbowvsbuddha.blogspot.com/2006/10/adventure-funnel.html Author:: xbowvsbuddha.blogspot.com ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > STEP 1: GOAL > Write down a one-sentence objective for your players to accomplish. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716629)) > GOAL: Deliver and sell 200 tons of books, music and magazines to a buyer on Arduun. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716630)) > STEP 2: OBSTACLES ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716634)) > OBSTACLES: > Pirates > Customs > The merchandise is contraband > No buyer, ha ha > Conan shows up looking for a fight ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716635)) > STEP 3: DETAILS ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716636)) > DETAILS: > The media content is all pop culture stuff from Capital. The far-future equivalents of Tiger Beat, synth music, Cosmo, Carrot Top movies, etc. > The head of Starport Authority on Arduun is a guy named Frampton Roosh, 64, near retirement. > The government of Arduun just flipped over from an oligarchy to a charismatic dictatorship, focussed on "cultural purity". Hence, Tiger Beat is illegal. > RE: Conan -- A brawny barbarian from the Sword Worlds gets drunk at the same bar as the PCs, and starts a fight. Inconsequential but fun. maybe an interesting, recurring NPC? > The pirates are Vargr, raiding not for profit but for survival. > The customs office is short-staffed on account of a flu epidemic. > The new government came into power following a short but bloody civil war. Fascists, the lot of 'em. > Cargo is contraband, and when word gets out that it's in the starport, TWO buyers present themselves: organized crime and freedm-fighters. PCs must choose with whom to do business! > The freedom fighter representative is an attractive lass named Cami .... ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716638)) > resist the temptation to provide too much detail; give yourself wiggle room. Use this stuff as a basis for winging it, not a script for railroading. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716642)) > STEP 4: ASSISTANCE AND REWARDS (Optional) ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1419623481/16716643))