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<blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 1924053" data-attributes="member: 3433">Some of my group's players and myself have discussed the possibility of publishing some of our material at a future time, likely in pdf format.&nbsp; We understand there's a lot of work involved, that we'll face enormous hurdles, and that in the end we may only sell a few units.&nbsp; We're not looking to do it to get rich, so it boils down to being much more of a personal goal for us to be able to say, &quot;We did it!&quot;One of our goals is to ensure that our creations are balanced.&nbsp; Though some items balance may be able to be determined by plain inspection, playtesting always seems to be worthwhile, especially when it comes to adventures or new monsters.&nbsp; I think I understand the basics of what is likely involved here, but I'm looking for feedback from experienced playtest groups.&nbsp; Do you use a set of iconic-type characters?&nbsp; How many times do you repeat an encounter or replay an adventure to ensure the results?&nbsp; Do you change party composition and/or size between test runs?&nbsp; What other methods do you use?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kalendraf, post: 1924053, member: 3433"] Some of my group's players and myself have discussed the possibility of publishing some of our material at a future time, likely in pdf format. We understand there's a lot of work involved, that we'll face enormous hurdles, and that in the end we may only sell a few units. We're not looking to do it to get rich, so it boils down to being much more of a personal goal for us to be able to say, "We did it!" One of our goals is to ensure that our creations are balanced. Though some items balance may be able to be determined by plain inspection, playtesting always seems to be worthwhile, especially when it comes to adventures or new monsters. I think I understand the basics of what is likely involved here, but I'm looking for feedback from experienced playtest groups. Do you use a set of iconic-type characters? How many times do you repeat an encounter or replay an adventure to ensure the results? Do you change party composition and/or size between test runs? What other methods do you use? [/QUOTE]

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