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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Jeff" data-source="post: 3491504" data-attributes="member: 3687">Interestingly, I see WotC's taken note of this, and for their part many modules of theirs recently (and greatly so in Eyes of the Lich Queen) begin with a combat right out of the gates, and immediate clues as to what to do next. EotLQ actualy goes so far as to suggesting you run the openign combat first and then paraphrase the group being hired and the journey to the location as a flashback!The few convention games I have played in (VERY few) have not had the problem because the DMs have an obvious time constraint and they usually get you into the plot quick.Sometimes I get the impression that DMs who are insecure or unsure will actually let the players 'wander around aimlessly' instead of taking a direct hand, as if the players will be entertained silmply by playing their characters and, well, wandering around.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> -DM Jeff</blockquote>