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<blockquote data-quote="Wraith Form" data-source="post: 1515719" data-attributes="member: 10789">Personally, I enjoy buying adventures to &quot;mine&quot; them for ideas. One of the most challenging things for me as both a (non-professional) writer and a DM is thinking up plots and creating realistic villains (I can't emphasise realistic enough). I buy pre-written adventures--including Dungeon--to jump-start my creative juices so that I can take the &quot;kernel&quot; of the idea and wrap &amp; blend my own twisted ideas throughout.&nbsp;Quite frankly, most of the pre-written/published plots I read are fairly crap, and invariably need to be tweaked for the gaming group. I like to add my own unique spin on the plot--I enjoy intrigue, so I enjoy seeing how I can add that element to the adventure. (Things are usually not what they seem in my adventures.&nbsp; I'm sure you DMs understand--<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=":)" /> )&nbsp;(As an aside, I also strongly dislike halflings, flying 'Tinkerbell' fairies, kobolds and other &quot;cutesie&quot; creature NPCs--so I attempt to convert NPC creatures into human equivalents. Demons? Feh. I'm not a fan of them, either--I feel that the human mind can create plots twisted and intricate enough to rival any demon lord (after all, what are we but demons wrapped in a fleshly skin?). Elves--we've perverted them from Tolkien's &quot;beings of light&quot; into tree-hugging humans with pointy ears. Why are dwarves always &quot;gruff&quot; and speak with a really horrible faux-Scottish accent? No thanks.&nbsp; I grew up on Robert E Howard, which featured mostly human opponents. Seems like a LOT of adventures lately seem to feature hafling villages, fairie pranks gone horribly wrong and demons, so I replace them as best I can with human NPCs.)&nbsp;Anyway, to get back on topic--that's what I use adventures for. &nbsp;I will continue to purchase them as long as companies print them, then strip 'em down to their bare plot &amp; re-work to my tastes.&nbsp;Oh, and I like the maps. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wraith Form, post: 1515719, member: 10789"] Personally, I enjoy buying adventures to "mine" them for ideas. One of the most challenging things for me as both a (non-professional) writer and a DM is thinking up plots and creating realistic villains (I can't emphasise [i]realistic[/i] enough). I buy pre-written adventures--including [i]Dungeon[/i]--to jump-start my creative juices so that I can take the "kernel" of the idea and wrap & blend my own twisted ideas throughout. Quite frankly, most of the pre-written/published plots I read are fairly crap, and invariably need to be tweaked for the gaming group. I like to add my own unique spin on the plot--I enjoy intrigue, so I enjoy seeing how I can add that element to the adventure. (Things are usually not what they seem in my adventures. I'm sure you DMs understand--:) ) (As an aside, I also strongly dislike halflings, flying 'Tinkerbell' fairies, kobolds and other "cutesie" creature NPCs--so I attempt to convert NPC creatures into human equivalents. Demons? Feh. I'm not a fan of them, either--I feel that the human mind can create plots twisted and intricate enough to rival any demon lord (after all, what are we but demons wrapped in a fleshly skin?). Elves--we've perverted them from Tolkien's "beings of light" into tree-hugging humans with pointy ears. Why are dwarves always "gruff" and speak with a really horrible faux-Scottish accent? No thanks. I grew up on Robert E Howard, which featured mostly human opponents. Seems like a LOT of adventures lately seem to feature hafling villages, fairie pranks gone horribly wrong and demons, so I replace them as best I can with human NPCs.) Anyway, to get back on topic--that's what I use adventures for. I will continue to purchase them as long as companies print them, then strip 'em down to their bare plot & re-work to my tastes. Oh, and I like the maps. :D [/QUOTE]

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