I’ve played and DM’d a lot of adventures over the years, and pretty much every single one of the classics and I think there’s a lot of nostalgia working its charms in regards to their status. My best two player experiences were Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Temple of Elemental Evil. Both of them needed lots of love from the DM to make them work.
D&D General (SPOILERS for Vecna: Eve of Ruin) Are My Standards Too High for Adventures?
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Henadic Theologian
Legend
No, WotC pays for the paper, ink, and printing in bulk, it really doesn't cost that much to make these products and the rpg team doesn't get payed crazy money either. They could charge less, they've shown that with the 1D&D core books, they choose not to.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Most of the MSRP goes to to the retailer and distributors, not to WotC. Tge margins are thinner than you seem to think.
The core books are still at a lower price, but they will make up for that in bulk numbers for WotC and retailers alike.
wicked cool
Hero
Really? Keep on the borderlands 1 day no planning. Most of this was pretty basic and most were under 40 pages. Now it’s 300 pages
f a meandering plot with mini encounters to fill a plot. I’d take 3/4 and f those modules vs rime of frost maiden or storm king’s thunder
It is typically 50% to WotC, and 50% split between distributor and retailer, is it not?
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Not from what retailers on this board have said, the distribution sale price to retailers is lower than half, but maybe @FitzTheRuke can speak to tgat more directly.
Keep on the Borderlands?Really? Keep on the borderlands 1 day no planning. Most of this was pretty basic and most were under 40 pages. Now it’s 300 pages
More like Keep on the Bored-erlands.
Seriously, I think a lot of players would find that style of play underwhelming today outside of a one shot.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
If you can run Keep on the Borderlands with no prep, then you can run a given Chapter from those books in a similar fashion.Really? Keep on the borderlands 1 day no planning. Most of this was pretty basic and most were under 40 pages. Now it’s 300 pages
Also is this a matter of adventure design or system design?
How do we keep these two concepts independent when it comes to determining what’s a good adventure?
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Sure, you could do KotB without planning. But it would be garbage, just like a modern adventure with no planning.Really? Keep on the borderlands 1 day no planning. Most of this was pretty basic and most were under 40 pages. Now it’s 300 pages
Of course, as kids, we tended to be too undiscerning to notice.
