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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hammerlily" data-source="post: 3077603" data-attributes="member: 41927">I guess I'm not thinking wholesale breakdown.. can't complete the module because we ruined something in the beginning that we needed at the end type of thing... But breaking in that we don't seem to do what the module anticipates that the characters will do... given the set of circumstances given.Re: low level characters & DM not challenging enough...Our DMs challenge us aplenty... we are often outdiced and outgunned.  They know the NPCs and Monsters better than we do.  Where we seem to make up the ground is through team work & using the abilities of our team members well.Our characters don't roleplay because they are bored.. but because they enjoy it.  It adds to our fun, and our DMs reward that kind of initiative.  I think the observations others have made about really knowing the module well before hand & modifying it for campaign context are keys.  Still, I think the phenomenon of module breaking comes about in part because of sloppy writing... For example, does the writer of the module "put words & actions" in the characters mouths that are uncharacteristic of an individual thrust into such a setting? Does the writer assume some foreknowledge of key events? Is the plot contrived... and hard to move forward without the GM interjecting a lot of commentary?</blockquote>