D&D General High-level Adventure Design and Play Considerations

[grodog]

My look at high-level AD&D adventure design considerations, inspired
by Prince of Nothing's recent No Artpunk 3 contest:

High-level Adventure Design and Play Considerations

Allan Grohe's game design column covering the elements of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventures with practical examples useful in campaign play.

grodog.blogspot.com

What other design principles guide your designs and play in high-level adventures?

Allan.

 

[Quickleaf]

Both you and Prince of Nothing have good lists, I think!

I really liked that bit at the end where they describe criteria for evaluating high-level adventures...

• The degree to which the adventure has embraced the possibilities, wonder, potential and spirit of high level oldschool D&D
• The degree to which it has taken the aforementioned capabilities into account in that its challenge is not easily defused or rendered trivial by their deployment
• The degree to which the adventure has solved this problem by requiring their use, rather then blunting or diffusing their potency

Continuing to whittle away at my high-level dungeon adventure, and definitely going back and forth a lot between that 2nd and 3rd point with the writing process.