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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cdrcjsn" data-source="post: 4837038" data-attributes="member: 60486">The big question you have to ask yourself is:"Will I or any of my players ever participate in LFR events outside of our personal circle?"  Right now you're saying yes, but is that likely to change in the future?  The purpose of a living campaign is to be able to take your character and travel to any convention or game store hosting the same living campaign and be able to play your character.If you are only going to be playing with your same group of friends, then there's no need to be constrained by LFR rules.  You just need to follow the general RPGA rules.You can do any of the following:1)  Schedule an RPGA event as a home game (one of the options available when you schedule a session).  There is no adventure with this, but you can report your home game for reward points.  DMs get cool things as rewards for events run.  Things like the free Village of Hommlet adventure and dungeon tiles in the form of a ship.2)  Schedule a non-living FR game.  Same as above, but it's separated in the ordering system for some reason.3)  Schedule an LFR game.  You get to choose any of several dozen free adventures.  Technically, you are limited in the amount of stuff you can change in the mod (i.e. you cannot change the 5 orcs and replace them with a black dragon), but you can tweak plot hooks, tactics, etc. to suit your players.  Technically, you have to follow the LFR rules regarding treasure acquisition (all detailed in the campaign guide on the wizards/com.rpga).  Of course, nobody is gonna find out if you strip the mod wholesale and change everything...but what's the point of getting a pre-made mod if you do that?  Likewise, if you change the treasure rewards, then it will no longer be a valid LFR game and those characters can't play in the campaign anymore. 4)  LFR has a series of mods called My Realms (MYRE1-1) that allows the DM to create their own adventure and still be able to participate in the living campaign.There are no current plans for another living campaign.You're supposed to be using LFR mods only in an LFR campaign.  Technically.</blockquote>

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