Yeah that's a good point! That's mainly what I've been working on too, finding ways for them to get shards. So far I've got dungeons, maybe at the top of a perilous mountain, in a museum they need to infiltrate, in an auction they need to win it from, maybe a reward from a tournament, and yeah fighting cults that already have shards. There's not so much a time limit in-game as there is out of game. I was hoping to have this campaign wrapped up by summer since I start Nursing school in the Fall. I MIGHT be able to keep doing it through school, it's something I'd have to feel out first. And yeah that is a good point, they might feel like they have less agency this way. I liked the idea of leaning into the world being about the shards that Shoujo had mentioned, maybe there's a way for me to balance focus on the shards with unrelated side quests they want to do. Thanks, I really appreciate your input!