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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8053556" data-attributes="member: 6775477">When I was a young DM, we'd often play modules (I inherited a ton from a friend). It wasn't that unlikely for the players to go off track (assuming there was one), so it helped refine my &quot;on the fly&quot; skills. It was fine, but sometimes annoying if I liked the module. Nowadays, I'd be extremely annoyed, since I paid good money for that AP which is now wasted!My current group plays on Roll20. Because of the time needed to prepare things on the VTT, there's an unspoken agreement that the players will agree to the obvious plot hooks, but may later choose to abandon them for something else (this should always occur at/near the end of a session). Sometimes we still go off the rails mid-session, but everyone knows that everything will turn into Theater of the Mind the moment it happens. Two of my three last sessions both ended completely differently than I expected, causing me to re-prepare the following session, scrapping my previous work. I can't be upset though, because every time it was within the context of the story arc/adventure, just an unexpected twist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8053556, member: 6775477"] When I was a young DM, we'd often play modules (I inherited a ton from a friend). It wasn't that unlikely for the players to go off track (assuming there was one), so it helped refine my "on the fly" skills. It was fine, but sometimes annoying if I liked the module. Nowadays, I'd be extremely annoyed, since I paid good money for that AP which is now wasted! My current group plays on Roll20. Because of the time needed to prepare things on the VTT, there's an unspoken agreement that the players will agree to the obvious plot hooks, but may later choose to abandon them for something else (this should always occur at/near the end of a session). Sometimes we still go off the rails mid-session, but everyone knows that everything will turn into Theater of the Mind the moment it happens. Two of my three last sessions both ended completely differently than I expected, causing me to re-prepare the following session, scrapping my previous work. I can't be upset though, because every time it was within the context of the story arc/adventure, just an unexpected twist. [/QUOTE]

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