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First Post
OK...I am trying to write my first adventure ever (attempting to make the transition from player to DM) and I wanted to get some thoughts on the following.
What, when it comes down to it, makes an adventure great in your mind?
The reason I ask is as follows - my first attempt to write a simple adventure for a 1st level party and I am totally at a block. Its not that I cant think of any ideas. Its that all the ideas that I have are rather mundane, and have been done over and over again.
But, is it the idea of the adventure that's crucial, or is it how its done? In other words, if the premise of the adventure is "go retrieve this artifact" (or anything else that's been done before) but the artifact is interesting, there are interesting NPCs, and the descriptions really bring the characters and the setting to life, will it work? Or should I really focus on coming up with a story that hasn't been done before?
When I think about it and try to provide my own answer, it seems that some of the greatest stories told (regardless of genre) are not necessarily new stories, but simply new versions of old stories.
But I want to know what you guys think...
Thanks in advance,
Matt
What, when it comes down to it, makes an adventure great in your mind?
The reason I ask is as follows - my first attempt to write a simple adventure for a 1st level party and I am totally at a block. Its not that I cant think of any ideas. Its that all the ideas that I have are rather mundane, and have been done over and over again.
But, is it the idea of the adventure that's crucial, or is it how its done? In other words, if the premise of the adventure is "go retrieve this artifact" (or anything else that's been done before) but the artifact is interesting, there are interesting NPCs, and the descriptions really bring the characters and the setting to life, will it work? Or should I really focus on coming up with a story that hasn't been done before?
When I think about it and try to provide my own answer, it seems that some of the greatest stories told (regardless of genre) are not necessarily new stories, but simply new versions of old stories.
But I want to know what you guys think...
Thanks in advance,
Matt