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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 5665581" data-attributes="member: 31734">What I'd like to see happen, but no company does this, is truly active support.  Not just errata or a very brief FAQ, but active support with "official" updates or recommendations to newer material.  A case in point is Trollhaunt.  I'd like to see WotC provide an update to suggest monsters from newer-than-MM books that might apply to existing encounters.  The additional material they provided is great, but I that stuff wasn't supposed to replace the current material.  For example, would different supporting cast from newer books be a cool suggestion for the BBEG?At least with RttToEE we had a dedicated forum and built a detailed errata thread, a FAQ, and best of all the Best of the Boards.  I haven't seen that for other WotC modules as hosted on their site.  There are several threads here and there, but it's really difficult to search.  If there were a location, I'd be happy to start these threads (as I did for Banewarrens).Regarding the 4E uniqueness, I think I understand what you mean.  As anyone who has done converting can tell you, it's not so simple as plugging in new monsters.  Frequently you have to rework part, if not most or all, of an encounter.  Simply going from 3 to 3.5 was difficult as the spacing of Large upright monsters changed drastically.  Thus, any 4E unique module will necessarily take into account 4E rules.  A single monster of equal CR in 4E is a solo, for example.  You can actively plan for skill challenges.Another nice thing I'd like to see in modules would be some references to houserules.  It's obvious that a lot of people use them and sometimes these things affect the module design.  The first thing that comes to mind here is the skill challenge.  Present a SC in the module first using the core rules, and then perhaps present an alternate approach using, say, Obsidian.  That would definitely be a nice touch.</blockquote>

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