What is the best way to do an Escort Mission in D&D?

Make the person you escort actually help out. It gives a good reason as to why you should help escort them.

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Make the escorted subject(s)/pursuers compelling characters or have the setting of the escort be an interesting change of pace.((or don't do escort missions period))

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>>52423203
There are a few ways. Here's two.

One involves simply having it be long-term. A legitimate mission where the PCs have fled a collapsing empire/capital/large important location and with them is somebody of importance. A princess, prince, heir, someone important. That person is mostly incompetent, but builds up skills alongside the PCs allowing for an enjoyable long term basically campaign that feels less like the basic escort mission and more like an actually enjoyable journey.

The second is to do advance escort. This takes the form of clearing out an area ahead of time, before said person has even begun moving. With limited time to accomplish this, the PCs will have to move quickly to clear out the path, and ensure the destination is safe. Once again, this nigh removes the monotony of the standard escort mission.

Any questions anon? And also, what is the image from?

have the escorted character constantly fuck shit up for your players

>>52423311
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand OP's gone

Darn, I was hoping to get my question answered.

I also wanted to see if OP had any other questions.

>>52423386
Don't worry, I read you and took note of you. I'm not OP though, just a lurker that's learning the ropes. Thank you for your input. Greatly appreciated.

>>52423405
waaaaaaaaaaait.

OP means original poster.

Are you.....not the original poster?

(I'm sorry if this sounds dumb, but your phrasing has confused me)

And in the event you are the original poster.....
what is the image from?

So either OP doesn't know what OP refers to, or he has truly left this thread.

This will be my bump for my question, and to help OP in any last final ways.

>>52423311
>And also, what is the image from?
using the reverse image search lead me to the artist's DeviantArt, and it was full of furshit. Not sure why I expected different...

>>52423778
Damn.
I got a bunch of Pathfinder links, so I thought maybe my search was a dud and OP actually had some interesting source.
Thanks anyway.