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CharlieRock 12-30-06, 10:50 AM	Anyone else ever buy a module just for the art? Like, Temple of the Frog. Then realize afterwards that the level was way over here and the setting was way over there from where your team currently has their characters? I do (and did). Besides the ol' Pit-swallows-the-characters-and-they-land-on-page1, I have a tough time fitting in a (few) certain module(s). DM:Everyone make a reflex save, please. Pit trap! Team:Ack! I got Detect Traps... DM:It was invisible. Team:Well, to a degree all traps are, that's why you need special skill to detect them, right? DM: ... I used an action point. Team: er, okay ... Besides, some modules just eat up characters. One weekend we all made characters specifically for Castle Amber. Over and over. Sometimes I'm lucky and a module just works out: "Hey, this map sorta looks like the town I made up last session ... hey, cool!" Sometimes I don't want to wait for the team to get up to 12th level the hard way. I only know of three other teams that play D&D (or C&C). Two don't use modules (sucks to be them). And, the third makes new characters every session (not kidding) so they don't exactly have a 'campaign'. Is our team the odd one for interrupting the usual program to jump knee deep into a module? Or, have y'all done that too?
Sarella Starshine 12-30-06, 11:10 AM	the first couple of weeks in the game i am running, we did nothing but the free modules on the website. what i did was have an bulletin board in the inn/tavern where they met up and on it was various notes and pleas for help (along with folks advertising produce and other goods). I acctually typed up the notes using various fonts to represent various handwriting styles and handed them to the players and told them 'this is what you see pinned the bulletin board'. since all they had to go with is basicly 'help us to earn good reward', they had no idea what module or what level the module was for (though I only used the 1-5 modules). after that, i had gotten the basic of a campaign arc started so they didn't need the bulletin board anymore (that and they moved from the inn to a small keep a week away and did not feel like transfering the note thing to the keep :)). what i may do now is have people acctually travel to the keep to ask for thier help and have it filter through a senchenal. that way if i don't have anything pertaining to the arc planned i can always toss a few modules at them that are around thier level :).
Seeker95 12-30-06, 01:50 PM	Sarella, your idea is herby snagged, lifted, stolen, taken, copied and otherwise ready for implementation into my next campaign!