Player Motivation

>>54412069
>all powerful being
>demands money
wat

>Giant agreed to a ransom to get them to quit bothering him
>doesn't want them to return
>sends kill squads after them
>players eventually realize that they are gathering treasure for a giant who will seize it and refuse to leave
>players skill up on the kill squads and advance in their own ways
>eventually the squads become deadlier
>drop hints that they must battle the not so all powerful giant to survive

>>54412770
All powerful isn't the right word. The giant strong enough where fighting is the hardest way possible to deal with it.

I should've also mentioned that it's not D&D, so it could be a non-combat campaign. So no ending in a huge climactic battle. It can end that way, but again, that's the hardest possible way to deal with it.

>>54412069
Don't make it a giant

Magic works a lot better than physical force to make pcs comply with the narrative

Maybe a Djinn that has the physical country in a bottle

or some neoclassical cult that's using the situation to literally worship the economy

as for motivation specifically ask the players to write a most precious thing into their backstories without hinting you'll be ransoming it
hard to ignore treasure you create for yourself

Before character creation you tell your players that their character must have a reason why they want to pay the giant. Let the players come up with their own reasons.

If a player tries to make a PC without such a reason, reject the PC. Then work with the player to come up with a reason.


I've done this over multiple campaigns, always telling players that their characters must have some reason to want x, with x changing from campaign to campaign. I've never had to reject a character over the player not coming up with a reason. At most I've helped a player flesh out their reason.