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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5512557" data-attributes="member: 29398">I mix and match my own stuff and pre-published; and also get adventures from a third source - stuff my friends have written.I'll usually have some sort of plotline at least vaguely storyboarded out in terms of what adventure follows what, and if I find I can shoehorn a canned module in there that's great; as it's one less I have to dream up.&nbsp; But sometimes I just have a module I want to run, so I drop it in anyway whether it fits the story or not (there have to be *some* red herrings, don't there?).And sometimes I'll just take a canned module or series and butcher it into unrecognizability, then run it.&nbsp; A recent example:I wanted to run the Slavers series A1-A4.&nbsp; But just before I started, another DM (with whom I share players) decided to run A1 by itself, so I had to improvise.&nbsp; I dreamed up a two-adventure substitute for A1, then ran A2 pretty much stock, ran A3 but nowhere near the way the writers intended, and bailed on A4 as I don't want Suderham destroyed quite yet (I have plans for it later).&nbsp; They then went back to Suderham and got captured which let me run a homebrew variant on A4 anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />A long series I hope I'm just starting - in other words, if the party don't bail on it like they did the last series I tried them on - will go:1. canned (0e)2. canned (4e, very modified and with lots of homebrew elements around it)3. homebrew (new)4. canned (1e)5. homebrew (barely touched in a previous campaign thus I can recycle it)6. canned (1e)Another series I'm just finishing went:1. homebrew (new, inspired by a song)2. homebrew (new, but partly inspired by an old adventure a friend wrote for his game)3. homebrew (new)4. canned (1e, and not planned at series start; it just happens to fit so well!)Lan-&quot;I love it when a plan that isn't a plan comes together&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5512557, member: 29398"] I mix and match my own stuff and pre-published; and also get adventures from a third source - stuff my friends have written. I'll usually have some sort of plotline at least vaguely storyboarded out in terms of what adventure follows what, and if I find I can shoehorn a canned module in there that's great; as it's one less I have to dream up. But sometimes I just have a module I want to run, so I drop it in anyway whether it fits the story or not (there have to be *some* red herrings, don't there?). And sometimes I'll just take a canned module or series and butcher it into unrecognizability, then run it. A recent example: I wanted to run the Slavers series A1-A4. But just before I started, another DM (with whom I share players) decided to run A1 by itself, so I had to improvise. I dreamed up a two-adventure substitute for A1, then ran A2 pretty much stock, ran A3 but nowhere near the way the writers intended, and bailed on A4 as I don't want Suderham destroyed quite yet (I have plans for it later). They then went back to Suderham and got captured which let me run a homebrew variant on A4 anyway. :) A long series I hope I'm just starting - in other words, if the party don't bail on it like they did the last series I tried them on - will go: 1. canned (0e) 2. canned (4e, very modified and with lots of homebrew elements around it) 3. homebrew (new) 4. canned (1e) 5. homebrew (barely touched in a previous campaign thus I can recycle it) 6. canned (1e) Another series I'm just finishing went: 1. homebrew (new, inspired by a song) 2. homebrew (new, but partly inspired by an old adventure a friend wrote for his game) 3. homebrew (new) 4. canned (1e, and not planned at series start; it just happens to fit so well!) Lan-"I love it when a plan that isn't a plan comes together"-efan [/QUOTE]

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