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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 5126528" data-attributes="member: 42040">I'll echo a lot of what people have already stated here.1) more diversity in opponents, locales2) shorter dungeons with fewer combat encounters per module The modules as written now, when we game 2 times per month and we finish an average of 3 encounters a night (on a good night), can easily take us more than 6 months. (If we gamed weekly, it would still be 3 months.) That is way too long, and the players want something with a faster payoff, more immediate gratification. I'll come out against the chorus of "add more story." I think that story is the function of the DM and the group to add. But I think that if you create compelling NPCs and villains and give them interesting locales, the story will evolve from that. (30 pages of fluff text in a module is just for the DM and rarely gets used by most players. If DMs want that, they should purchase a Salvatore novel, not an adventure novel.) I think that modules should be playtested. I have run into problems in Keep on the Shadowfell and in Rivenroar module. There are some encounters that are nigh impossible and can easily result in a TPK (Irontooth in KotSF is one of them). A few tough encounters is fine, but don't over-rely on these ... and certainly don't make them vitally important to "winning" the adventure. Retreater</blockquote>