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ShortQuests -- Pocket Sized Adventures! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed for 1-2 game sessions.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andvari" data-source="post: 9871800" data-attributes="member: 7036523">The Basic DM has run an adventure or two, probably official adventures, or even mediocre, homebrewed adventures that everyone still enjoyed, and for the most part, survived.The Expert DM has gone beyond "read the module", and has not only run adventures, but is already taken the players into the first campaign. Encounters are improvised, the wounds from early disasters having healed.The Companion DM already has at least one campaign wrapped up, whether published or  custom. And is already working on the next adventure. Prep has become routine, notes, maps and other material carefully sorted to liking, easily laid out in a familiar pattern before the session begins. Prep almost feels like coming home and the players like a family.The Master DM hides away in a remote cabin, working to craft a brand new world from scratch. This DM spends weeks and months building and mapping one adventure location after another, stocking them with monsters and treasure, brilliant mysteries and memorable characters. The players ask when the next game will be, but the DM offers only an enigmatic smile, staring off into an unseen horizon obscured by the room's walls. After a particularly creative weekend, the DM might hints at something in the works, internally reflecting upon the innovative combat rules of the now 50+ page rules document, in which are written all details of a semi-original homebrew role-playing system. Time passes, players and the DM laughing and reminiscing over past heroics, like grizzled veterans sharing a drinks at the local establishment. The DM cannot help but wonder how the new game and campaign, perpetually halfway converted to this incredible new game system, will be received upon its final reveal.The point is, the Master DM doesn't run games. That is only for beginners.Do not dwell on the elusive Immortal DM, already running full-fledged campaigns in their finished system. Such alien beings cannot be explained in mere writing, and that is probably for the best (shudders).</blockquote>

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