Story Input?

[SaddleRider]

I'm oddly stuck on something that, on the surface, seems like it should be easy to solve. Have an evil mage with demon army running roughshod over the land and the people as the bad girl with her foes traveling to face her. One of the lesser foot soldiers is corrupted, but doesn't remember being so.

Party of roughly fifteen. It has mages as well, but I can neuter their skill if need be in a way that makes sense to me. Looking for a way to separate the group in a way/for a reason that seems reasonable. Everything I think of, such as demon hoard blocking the path as they approach a city, stumps me with, 'Yeah, but aren't they always better off sticking together?'

I guess I'm sort of looking for a solution and some internal logic not my own because my own just keeps circling the above.

Thanks in advance.

 

[AshleeJade90]

I guess you have to think of a strategical reason why a group breaks off. Such as one group being a distraction while the other are able to get into the city, or one group attacks from the front and the other breaks off and then comes round to the back of the hoard encircling them.

Any type of battle that might take place, I'd suggest looking up successful strategies used in history.
Hopefully this helps

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'm oddly stuck on something that, on the surface, seems like it should be easy to solve. Have an evil mage with demon army running roughshod over the land and the people as the bad girl with her foes traveling to face her. One of the lesser foot soldiers is corrupted, but doesn't remember being so.

Party of roughly fifteen. It has mages as well, but I can neuter their skill if need be in a way that makes sense to me. Looking for a way to separate the group in a way/for a reason that seems reasonable. Everything I think of, such as demon hoard blocking the path as they approach a city, stumps me with, 'Yeah, but aren't they always better off sticking together?'

I guess I'm sort of looking for a solution and some internal logic not my own because my own just keeps circling the above.

Thanks in advance.

Bridge breaks when half of them are across it, that sort of thing?

 

[SaddleRider]

Bridge breaks when half of them are across it, that sort of thing?

Yeah.

 

[sr71plt]

Yep, solving such issue is part and parcel of the author's job. I don't think you could ever be entirely satisfied with the result if you turned it over to a committee to figure out.

 

[Hypoxia]

Easy way out: Kill almost everybody, continue with a skeleton crew.

Maybe leave kinky siblings for BDSM BBW incest and shoe fetishes.

Meanwhile, an Amazonian battalion is approaching from the south...

 

[SaddleRider]

Yep, solving such issue is part and parcel of the author's job. I don't think you could ever be entirely satisfied with the result if you turned it over to a committee to figure out.

I found a slightly more appropriate thread and got a ridiculously simple answer, but thanks to all. With that little bit written out I can see how it would work now and, honestly, I feel a little dumb for not having seen how to do it believably. I just got stuck with one scene in my head with one way and one thought as to how it should be until I locked up.

 

[Hypoxia]

I found a slightly more appropriate thread and got a ridiculously simple answer, but thanks to all. With that little bit written out I can see how it would work now and, honestly, I feel a little dumb for not having seen how to do it believably. I just got stuck with one scene in my head with one way and one thought as to how it should be until I locked up.

I find a useful method is to visualize the final scene and write the story to lead up to that. Almost everything along the way is negotiable, i.e. craftable.