=== Connect this story to the last story and place it in the campaign.
=== Something happens to shock the leads out of safety.
— The threat will be faced with but cannot be defeated. Success will give a clue, but not defeat.
=== The leads realize why the threat could not be defeated.
— This is another opportunity to find a clue without the threat involved.
=== The situation worsens as attempts to solve the threat fail or another twist is revealed.
— There is a realization that another clue is necessary.
=== The leads develop in some way that prepares them for the climax.
— The keystone clue is received, or not.
=== The threat is finally faced and defeated.
— The clues are finally consumed and disposed of.
=== The consequences of success are understood and dealt with.
— The tag for the reward or punishment is given and the episode is reconnected with the campaign.
=== The hero is seen in their everyday life.
=== The initiating incident of the story.
— Preview the final threat in some way. Take something important away.
=== The hero experiences some hesitation to answer the call.
— Perhaps have something innocuous be a McGuffin for later.
=== The hero gains the supplies, knowledge, and confidence needed to commence the adventure.
— Give a significant tag from The Mentor who may reappear.
=== The hero commits wholeheartedly to the adventure.
— Face the Threshold Guardian and receive a minor tag.
=== The hero explores the special world, faces trial, and makes friends and enemies.
— This stage could last a long time. Provide a few minor tags as rewards and maybe a McGuffin.
=== The hero nears the center of the story and the special world
— Require a McGuffin to find the center and proceed.
=== The hero faces the greatest challenge yet and experiences death and rebirth.
— All of the McGuffins come into play.
=== The hero experiences the consequences of surviving death.
— Receive a major tag.
=== The hero returns to the ordinary world or continues to an ultimate destination.
— Mirror the Road of Trials, but with greater strength. Provide a few minor tags as rewards.
=== The hero experiences a final moment of death and rebirth so they are pure when they reenter the ordinary world.
=== The hero returns with something to improve the ordinary world