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If there’s one thing this thread shows me, it’s how much baggage people bring to this setting. So many assumptions and judgements on a product that hasn’t been more than hinted at. It’s like folks are playing out their grievances and differences through the medium of Dark Sun. So much is being...

The thing is, the cost isn’t really tied up in the printing. Not in the bulk that Paizo print in. It’s the staffing cost that goes into them, and running the company that provides them. That’s why PDFs still cost money even though they’re ‘free’ to make once you made the first one. So...

Absolutely concur, I think it’s important not to conflate overpriced with a waste of money. Buying a £50 fishing rod and not fishing is a waste of money, buying a £150 bike and not riding it is waste of money, buying a £30 game and not using it is similarly a waste. It doesn’t mean those prices...

It’s very good! 😂

Feels more like these are encounters than adventures? Particularly saving the knight from the dogs. Is that fair? Would your adventure be just lots of these joined together? What is the structure to join the encounters together?

This is definitely my preferred approach too. It’s one of the reasons I think Dungeons of Drakkenheim is so well put together. Clear factions with clear beliefs, visions and goals. Combined with interesting things to do.

It’s clear that writing Dungeons dominate the advice. Both in the thread and in the links. To what extent do you think that all adventures are essentially dungeons? Because an encounter is an encounter whether it takes part in a tavern or a ruin. Is a mystery, a heist or a hunt just the same as...

I found this link On Writing Adventures Very useful advice. With a really nice summary from @SlyFlourish

My issue is less coming up with ideas or inspiration and more the actual practicalities of turning that into an adventure. @TheAlkaizer ’s resources look really interesting. Though both do seem to be specifically about dungeon building. Rather than other types of adventures. I might try and find...

Not sure what happened to the title. I’ve corrected it!

Hey folks so I’ve been thinking a lot about adventure writing. It’s not something I do a lot of. I tend to just adapt stuff that has already been published. But if I did want to come up with my own adventures how do people approach it?

My advice would be that they see things that no one else can. Hostile forces that attack or threaten them but that no one else can see, other than the party, shadows or wraiths. Perhaps the dark magic infects NpCs - otherwise friendly folks that turn on the party and then don’t remember or don’t...

I agree 7 out of 10. Some cool twists. However it is sooooooo Dungeon Heavy. If you like dungeon crawls then it is solid. I think if you strip out the hundreds of pointless filler encounters and reduce the number of empty rooms then there is an awesome core inside there.

Best in PF1, most suitable for conversion (it’s already out there) and you play a CRPG version to get in the mood as a DM. No brainer. There is a bestiary published with all NPCs and monsters for 5e Great AP. Quite novel - basically overthrowing a Tyrant. I made an extensive thread on the Paizo...

Auto fo Auto correct… It’s Shackled City 🙄 Though it could probably be renamed Shattered City. I was pretty exhausted after running so many part. Like many Paizo APs it dragged towards the end and the combats become a slog.

I got most of the hardcover compilations Paizo released, Shattered City, Crimson Throne, Runelords, Kingmaker. They are much easier to run through than juggling multiple different books and remembering which NPC or Item was detailed in book 3 or 4. Every AP that I ever ran or played in (about a...

Isn’t steam a pretty vital component of Steampunk?

By all accounts we’re all missing out!

They’re strong and resilient?

My gut feeling is that it will differ from the UA, maybe not a lot. Not sure why. Could you be tempted to release any of the material you wrote for your Sins of the Scorpion Age for a Dark Sun setting?