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<blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 2612922" data-attributes="member: 33060">Hi,I was not referring so much to the march to 20th level as I was a campaign in which leveling is merely the result of the adventures, not a specific &quot;path&quot; that will be followed to reach a particular level.IMO:Adventure Path = Rise to a level as among most significant featuresCampaign = Story dominant with level increases, whatever they may be, incidentalI do not believe an adventure path is a campaign in the truest sense of the word.&nbsp; A campaign is, IMO, more about a continuing story without a forced leveling component.&nbsp; The adventure path presents a story but it includes leveling as a necessary component.&nbsp; To me this is more of a video game mentality where gaining levels is everything.&nbsp; For those who do not desire or prefer not to design their own adventures, the adventure path could be the best &quot;campaign&quot; option for them.&nbsp; All things being equal, however, if the DM has time or the inclination to design their own adventures, an adventure path then pales by a significant degree, IMO.&nbsp; Its a matter of what you want.Freeport (the main book) supports a campaign by providing much more in the way of background in which to ground adventures and characters than Cauldron.&nbsp; Cauldron exists as a backdrop for the adventure path adventures.&nbsp; Background (Freeport) versus backdrop (Cauldron).&nbsp; Cauldron's only advantage over Freeport IMO is that is comes with adventures designed to jump the PCs levels.&nbsp; I play for story, not to level.&nbsp; As Cauldron supports leveling more than story, being chiefly limited to the scripted adventures, I prefer Freeport, where you can run scripted adventures by Green Ronin or you can as easily run your own adventures.&nbsp; Running your own adventures in Cauldron is not well supported by Shackled City when compared to Freeport.&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GVDammerung, post: 2612922, member: 33060"] Hi, I was not referring so much to the march to 20th level as I was a campaign in which leveling is merely the result of the adventures, not a specific "path" that will be followed to reach a particular level. IMO: Adventure Path = Rise to a level as among most significant features Campaign = Story dominant with level increases, whatever they may be, incidental I do not believe an adventure path is a campaign in the truest sense of the word. A campaign is, IMO, more about a continuing story without a forced leveling component. The adventure path presents a story but it includes leveling as a necessary component. To me this is more of a video game mentality where gaining levels is everything. For those who do not desire or prefer not to design their own adventures, the adventure path could be the best "campaign" option for them. All things being equal, however, if the DM has time or the inclination to design their own adventures, an adventure path then pales by a significant degree, IMO. Its a matter of what you want. Freeport (the main book) supports a campaign by providing much more in the way of background in which to ground adventures and characters than Cauldron. Cauldron exists as a backdrop for the adventure path adventures. Background (Freeport) versus backdrop (Cauldron). Cauldron's only advantage over Freeport IMO is that is comes with adventures designed to jump the PCs levels. I play for story, not to level. As Cauldron supports leveling more than story, being chiefly limited to the scripted adventures, I prefer Freeport, where you can run scripted adventures by Green Ronin or you can as easily run your own adventures. Running your own adventures in Cauldron is not well supported by Shackled City when compared to Freeport. :) [/QUOTE]

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