episodic ideas

Some ideas lend themselves an episodic plot more than others.  Killing the Dark Lord on his Dark Throne -- go there, kill him, come back.  Episodes can be introduced, such as tracking down the sword, or whatnot, but it is not in essence episodic.  On the other hand, cleaning up a region where some evil wizardry threw about a lot of things -- like, say, cleaning up the Dark Land after aforementioned killing of the Dark Lord.

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