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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Mistress" data-source="post: 5431367" data-attributes="member: 11816">You need good quality. It doesn't have to have great art just ok art is fine. Make the art all match, don't use some 3D art, some b&amp;W and some color etc. That is just jarring. a Good layout is important, as is good editing.I size of product doesn't matter to much, but most people are more likely to buy something when it is cheap. So if you are planning to do your own stuff, go cheap. Look at SGG, they have a rep for making small but cheap PDF's. They are 2-3 bucks which is something a lot of people will buy on a impulse if it sounds interesting. Once you build a rep you can start making bigger products.I would say do PDF and maybe have a Lulu POD option. Again start small and cheap, once you have a rep for high quality you can start going for bigger and more expensive products.Good interesting encounters, how ever many pages it takes is how many it takes. A good story that is engaging and takes into account the type of things PC might have access too. If they are high level take into account they have things like Teleport. Also a good story is important but keep it somewhat lose. To me this is the real key between a great writer and a good one. A great one weaves a fun interesting story that is lose enough to not feel railroady. It is something I am sure takes a lot of effort to get.Finally have variety, mix it up. Have some social stuff with interesting NPC's, have combats with a variety of locations, tactics or monsters. Or any combination of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Mistress, post: 5431367, member: 11816"] You need good quality. It doesn't have to have great art just ok art is fine. Make the art all match, don't use some 3D art, some b&W and some color etc. That is just jarring. a Good layout is important, as is good editing. I size of product doesn't matter to much, but most people are more likely to buy something when it is cheap. So if you are planning to do your own stuff, go cheap. Look at SGG, they have a rep for making small but cheap PDF's. They are 2-3 bucks which is something a lot of people will buy on a impulse if it sounds interesting. Once you build a rep you can start making bigger products. I would say do PDF and maybe have a Lulu POD option. Again start small and cheap, once you have a rep for high quality you can start going for bigger and more expensive products. Good interesting encounters, how ever many pages it takes is how many it takes. A good story that is engaging and takes into account the type of things PC might have access too. If they are high level take into account they have things like Teleport. Also a good story is important but keep it somewhat lose. To me this is the real key between a great writer and a good one. A great one weaves a fun interesting story that is lose enough to not feel railroady. It is something I am sure takes a lot of effort to get. Finally have variety, mix it up. Have some social stuff with interesting NPC's, have combats with a variety of locations, tactics or monsters. Or any combination of that. [/QUOTE]

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