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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BriarMonkey" data-source="post: 6065834" data-attributes="member: 95387">I can't say I've ever taken this approach.  But then, I rarely use published adventures or modules either.If a module catches my eye, I will buy them - but solely for the purpose of taking them apart and using what I want in my own adventures.  And to that end, I have never run up a test party to play through the thing on my own.With the adventures I do write up for my campaigns, I will do some "math-temation" though.  Since I am making the adventures for a party that I know, I'll run numbers and do some estimations on how encounters will play out - which tends to give me a decent idea of how things will work when the players get their hands on it.But, as we all know, best laid plans and all that - I will adjust things on the fly if needed.  And for that, pre-playing won't help too much.</blockquote>