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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 3748064" data-attributes="member: 14197">I am starting the Age of Worms adventure path and our group is one session into game - we play session two this afternoon.There is some really cool background text about the Whispering Cairn, going back to ancient history and adding other cool background events in the past 60 and 30 years ago respectively.&nbsp; Most of it has no bearing on the adventure whatsoever, but it is really interesting and makes up about a full page of text.What do you do with this kind of information as a DM?&nbsp; When you read a prepublished adventure and there is 2-3 pages of background text about the region and the adventure and all the stuff that led up to WHY the dungeon/adventure exists, what do you do with it?In truth, it's a lot of space taken up, and even though it contextualizes things for the GM, the other 80% of the gaming group don't get to participate in it's coolness.Do you feed them little bits of information during the first session of the adventure, as part of the information gathering stuff - even though it's not in the &quot;Gather Information&quot; sidebar?&nbsp; I like to let the players learn this through bardic knowledge checks or talking to their patron or whatever.&nbsp; Interestingly, it VERY few adventures does it mention what to actually DO with this information, instead it sits there like adventure prequel fiction.How do you use this Adventure Background information in-game?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 3748064, member: 14197"] I am starting the Age of Worms adventure path and our group is one session into game - we play session two this afternoon. There is some really cool background text about the Whispering Cairn, going back to ancient history and adding other cool background events in the past 60 and 30 years ago respectively. Most of it has no bearing on the adventure whatsoever, but it is really interesting and makes up about a full page of text. What do you do with this kind of information as a DM? When you read a prepublished adventure and there is 2-3 pages of background text about the region and the adventure and all the stuff that led up to WHY the dungeon/adventure exists, what do you do with it? In truth, it's a lot of space taken up, and even though it contextualizes things for the GM, the other 80% of the gaming group don't get to participate in it's coolness. Do you feed them little bits of information during the first session of the adventure, as part of the information gathering stuff - even though it's not in the "Gather Information" sidebar? I like to let the players learn this through bardic knowledge checks or talking to their patron or whatever. Interestingly, it VERY few adventures does it mention what to actually DO with this information, instead it sits there like adventure prequel fiction. How do you use this Adventure Background information in-game? [/QUOTE]

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