I keep a list of combat goals on my GM screen, for inspiration! With my bigger party, I typically pick 3 objectives. Sometimes these are secondary, sometimes multiple components of the primary goal that must all succeed. Sometimes they are more bonus objectives, that make reducing HP to 0 easier. Set from the POV of the opposing side: - Hostages - Ritual - Call for Aid - Keep Item - Flank/Lure - Kill another NPC - Kidnap PC - Split and Run - Protect the Goal - Set a bomb - Mutiny - Form a Line Right now my players are battling to protect a town from half demons trying to plunge the town into another dimension. The enemies just ripped a few holes in the fabric of reality, that work like portals to/from a shadow dimension. The demons are: 1. Sieging the castle to find a specific artifact 2. Abducting citizens to fuel the bloody ritual in the other plane 3. Opening more rifts/summoning more demons Stopping the latter two of these goals involve facing the demons in both the prime world and the shadow dimension. In the shadow dimension, of course the demons are more powerful. Specifically, they have teleportation magic (which is a school of dark magic in our world), and if killed there, they don't really die. They can be summoned again by the group summoning.

I also have a faction on the party's side who has a secret objective to be known as the ones who saved the day. Even if it means sabotaging the other "good" factions on the battlefield. They can't let other people look like the heroes.

I also miss them, and for some reason kept missing them due to a calendar error. (I had them on Wednesday)

I'm a Miro power user. I like it since its a generic, lightweight, collaboration tool. It lets my players add their own content, like illustrating fun narrative details while I'm busy focusing on running the mechanics. Gives my adhd players something at the table to contribute between turns too. I don't know how to use roll20 either, mainly because it was tough to learn and it felt like so much setup. I'd be happy to show you the ropes with Miro though, if that sounds interesting to you. It doesn't do any smart game features, so if you are looking for that, its probably not the right tool for you.

@Briggs Schneider both awesome prompts! Thanks for sharing!

@James Willetts This is great. This reminded me I should probably add some conflict that just ended. I can definitely get my player's help with that one.

I wish my players would get more into the world building! I used to stamp out the player's abilities to do that. Now I'm hoping to give them more free reign, and we all have to unlearn some previous behavior

@Jesse Livingston 1) I treat the player's input to world-building as "common knowledge" about the world. This common knowledge could be missing important details, or be total legend. This common knowledge also represents the past, or present, but not the future. It could be the public ambition of a faction, or the historical alliance between two factions, but that is all still subject to change as the world evolves! 2) That cave could have already been looted, been an exaggeration, or have a really nasty faction opposing the party from looting the gold. Something they might encounter, then have to gather a bunch of strength or resources before finally achieving.