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<blockquote data-quote="knightofround" data-source="post: 4482896" data-attributes="member: 27884">Nice, I'm an EQ fan as well. =) Although I thought it was amusing you used EQ1 photos instead of EQ2. =PThe module as written is rather railroad-y. However, after thinking about it I think this is good thing for a module intended for new RPGers. But if you want your future modules to have broader appeal, you might want to starting thinking about pieces of your module as &quot;interesting sites&quot; (Gahh I don't want to say &quot;points of light&quot;) rather than a straightjacket story chain where you go from A to B to C.Another thing to remember is that brevity is the soul of wit. There's a lot of un-necessary sentence fragments in there, such as:It shouldn’t happen, but if theheroes fail their rolls, they can’t roll againfor another hour. This is highly unlikely, butyou never know.(Not to pick on a certain part of the text, this is just one of many examples)Also sorta in-line with this, I think the module is a bit too heavy on the scripted location and event descriptions. That sort of stuff can be easily made up on the fly; what I tend to look for are the things that I want in my campaign, but take up a lot of time to think of and balance. Examples include: monster tactics, NPC/group motivations and conflicts, dynamic events that occur while the PCs are adventuring, alternate adventure paths (so there's not simply one railroad to get to the end), and most importantly....maps and stat blocks.I do think your adventure is great for new RPGers though. If you make more of them, please continue the thread =)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="knightofround, post: 4482896, member: 27884"] Nice, I'm an EQ fan as well. =) Although I thought it was amusing you used EQ1 photos instead of EQ2. =P The module as written is rather railroad-y. However, after thinking about it I think this is good thing for a module intended for new RPGers. But if you want your future modules to have broader appeal, you might want to starting thinking about pieces of your module as "interesting sites" (Gahh I don't want to say "points of light") rather than a straightjacket story chain where you go from A to B to C. Another thing to remember is that brevity is the soul of wit. There's a lot of un-necessary sentence fragments in there, such as: It shouldn’t happen, but if the heroes fail their rolls, they can’t roll again for another hour. This is highly unlikely, but you never know. (Not to pick on a certain part of the text, this is just one of many examples) Also sorta in-line with this, I think the module is a bit too heavy on the scripted location and event descriptions. That sort of stuff can be easily made up on the fly; what I tend to look for are the things that I want in my campaign, but take up a lot of time to think of and balance. Examples include: monster tactics, NPC/group motivations and conflicts, dynamic events that occur while the PCs are adventuring, alternate adventure paths (so there's not simply one railroad to get to the end), and most importantly....maps and stat blocks. I do think your adventure is great for new RPGers though. If you make more of them, please continue the thread =) [/QUOTE]

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