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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7512284" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>Yeah, adventure backstory can be a pain. Especially if the adventure doesn't give any real way for the PCs to learn any of that lovingly-crafted detail.</p><p></p><p>One of the big issues does indeed seem to be that there are two markets for published adventures: in addition to the market of DMs who want to use the material, there's a (larger?) market of people who just buy them to read them. For the latter group, backstory information generally makes for a more compelling read. Unfortunately, that often comes at a cost - the adventures become harder for DMs to actually use.</p><p></p><p>(Oh, and FWIW I thought most of the names in "Lost Mine of Phandelver" were fine. They could have been better, of course, but they could have been a <em>lot</em> worse - at least Queen Dagnabbet didn't make an appearance. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 7512284, member: 22424"] Yeah, adventure backstory can be a pain. Especially if the adventure doesn't give any real way for the PCs to learn any of that lovingly-crafted detail. One of the big issues does indeed seem to be that there are two markets for published adventures: in addition to the market of DMs who want to use the material, there's a (larger?) market of people who just buy them to read them. For the latter group, backstory information generally makes for a more compelling read. Unfortunately, that often comes at a cost - the adventures become harder for DMs to actually use. (Oh, and FWIW I thought most of the names in "Lost Mine of Phandelver" were fine. They could have been better, of course, but they could have been a [i]lot[/i] worse - at least Queen Dagnabbet didn't make an appearance. :) ) [/QUOTE]
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