Eating a Module? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Eating a Module? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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kinevon
02-06-08, 01:47 AM New LG GM here, with a question on eating a module:

I thought I heard somewhere that while you can't play the module yourself, you can assign it to one of your characters.

What does this mean, and what are the effects for the character?

XP gain?
Gold gain?

I would assume no favors or access from the AR, though.

Kinevon, the confused...
copperwyrmling
02-06-08, 02:03 AM I believe Living Arcanis had a rule like that, but Living Greyhawk does not. You gain no benefit from any mod that you eat (i.e. GM without playing it first).
JamesMaissen
02-06-08, 02:05 AM New LG GM here, with a question on eating a module:

I thought I heard somewhere that while you can't play the module yourself, you can assign it to one of your characters.

What does this mean, and what are the effects for the character?

It means that when you hear things you should check them out to be true or not.

In this case it's NOT true. If you eat a module you only get the thanks of those for which you ran it and nothing else. Other campaign systems give small rewards for doing so (an XP amount that can be applied to a PC of yours, etc).

-James
RanielK
02-06-08, 05:41 PM Yeah, if you didn't play it, you don't get the benefits. Eating mods happens. I've eaten many a Core Special in my day. I've eaten umpteen regional mods to create a gaming group that enjoyed LG and were willing to share the load.

In a perfect world the authors, reviewers, circle and triads run all kinds of Slot 0's to ensure no one eats a mod ever. Those who 0 the mods go out and run at the conventions where they and the players then trickle out and spread the wealth. This isn't a perfect world. It is a hobby where folks have limited time to get together and make sure no one eats a mod.

One of the nice things I hear about LFR is the "regionals" will be open for play everywhere. This means each guy in your group picks a region and eats all of those mods to run for the group. He then gets to play the other, what, 11 regions worth of play along with "Cores" and possibly "Metaregionals" (all of this assumes a structure vaguely like LG mod wise though I know I'm right about the "regionals"). This way you get all the play you could possibly want at the minimal cost of not getting to play through one regions story lines. Not a huge loss.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
kinevon 02-06-08, 01:47 AM	New LG GM here, with a question on eating a module: I thought I heard somewhere that while you can't play the module yourself, you can assign it to one of your characters. What does this mean, and what are the effects for the character? XP gain? Gold gain? I would assume no favors or access from the AR, though. Kinevon, the confused...
copperwyrmling 02-06-08, 02:03 AM	I believe Living Arcanis had a rule like that, but Living Greyhawk does not. You gain no benefit from any mod that you eat (i.e. GM without playing it first).
JamesMaissen 02-06-08, 02:05 AM	New LG GM here, with a question on eating a module: I thought I heard somewhere that while you can't play the module yourself, you can assign it to one of your characters. What does this mean, and what are the effects for the character? It means that when you hear things you should check them out to be true or not. In this case it's NOT true. If you eat a module you only get the thanks of those for which you ran it and nothing else. Other campaign systems give small rewards for doing so (an XP amount that can be applied to a PC of yours, etc). -James
RanielK 02-06-08, 05:41 PM	Yeah, if you didn't play it, you don't get the benefits. Eating mods happens. I've eaten many a Core Special in my day. I've eaten umpteen regional mods to create a gaming group that enjoyed LG and were willing to share the load. In a perfect world the authors, reviewers, circle and triads run all kinds of Slot 0's to ensure no one eats a mod ever. Those who 0 the mods go out and run at the conventions where they and the players then trickle out and spread the wealth. This isn't a perfect world. It is a hobby where folks have limited time to get together and make sure no one eats a mod. One of the nice things I hear about LFR is the "regionals" will be open for play everywhere. This means each guy in your group picks a region and eats all of those mods to run for the group. He then gets to play the other, what, 11 regions worth of play along with "Cores" and possibly "Metaregionals" (all of this assumes a structure vaguely like LG mod wise though I know I'm right about the "regionals"). This way you get all the play you could possibly want at the minimal cost of not getting to play through one regions story lines. Not a huge loss.