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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4947448" data-attributes="member: 63763">For my first legitimate foray into DM'ing, I went fullblown adventure path. It let me have a 1 to 30 campaign without the prep work, and it was fine for what it was. I'm currently planning an actual campaign, and I likely won't be using much in the way of published adventures, although I did grab the Revenge of the Giants with the intent on using it. It worked out well for the context of the campaign concept (with only a few minor tweaks). One of the recurring themes involves taking down "sets" of related bad guys, and the format of the Giants adventure path fits that perfectly. There is also an encounter in there that is a perfect hook to tie it more deeply into the "big picture" of the campaign. In general though, it's more rewarding to find a way to fit a one off adventure into your campaign world. The best of both worlds would be adventure paths that don't absolutely require every piece be taken. If the connecting thread is recurring themes, NPCs, locations, etc ... then you could likely use parts 1, 3, 4 and 7 ... and still have them be connected/related and thus feel like they are part of the same campaign. You may have to check if there are any "key moments" in other parts of the AP to bring over to whatever takes it's place, but it should be ok. One good way of doing it for people making adventures as part of an AP that someone else may use, would be to have hooks for most of, if not all of the previous adventures, and hooks that go forward as well.</blockquote>

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