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A few things to this: 1 - most "If we don't stop X, the world as we know it will end" style adventures are - or work much better when -...

Try hitting the "Toggle BB Code" button in the upper right of the posting area. It looks like [ ] I don't know if I hit it by accident...

It would be an interesting exercise sometime to throw various combinations of parties (or even individual characters) of the same level...

Bullets points can be entertaining. I've read lots of random tables that evoke images of exciting adventure. Likewise I've read lots...

Or maybe some thing in the setting just aren't meant to be defeated, or even fought for that matter. Deities*, for example, shouldn't...

Or just makes them considerably more challenging. You still design for higher levels so DMs have the means to build these high-level...

A rhetorical question so I can understand your view... A high level necromancer would lose Animate Dead and replace it with something...

There's a thread in TTRPG-General right now about what makes a module easy to run and so far this one's violating pretty much every...

Man, seeing those descriptions compared to the map it is almost like a totally random map that happened to contain the right number of...

Maybe the descriptors were cut for length, or the map-maker and designer weren't on the same page. It's Adventurer's League, Jake...

I played Zork on so many different platforms including teletype. This is about time...

Speaking of silly, names like “Frobozz” and “Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive” always reminded me of the weird names and fake swears...

TSR tried out several different methods for solo adventures. BSOLO Ghost of Lion Castle, XSOLO Lathan's Gold, and XS2 Thunderdelve...

given that most adventures end around level 12, that does not appear to be an issue

Agreed, that's too flat. That said, and this is where lack of granularity rears its ugly head, I prefer there always be a tiny chance...