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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8060225" data-attributes="member: 6855114">The goal of speed reading the AP is that the first read takes about 15 to 20 minutes. This way you get the whole picture/plot and how the writers managed it. After that, you read/skim through the books for the things you want to check out, the specific things that speed reading did not highlighted enough. Stat blocks are irrelevant for skiming notes purpose. Some pages are not read a second time at all. Only the parts that are key for your perspective or what you want to check/improve. Notes are one to five key words + page number. Dungeon crawl parts will not be reread too or not entirely. This is more or less relegated to the final stages where it will take more time but that would be done before the actual session. The third time see even less page read. I will only read the page noted for specific information. The fourth time is often there just to add a final note or find loopholes in the plot that need to be addressed.After that there might be a bit more work where you have to think on how to adapt certain things to your campaign/group. That is a bit longer yes, but not that much. And will be done relatively quickly depending on the quality previously done in the AP.And yes I do not like speed reading. It is however a useful tool. It both a blessing and a curse. It forces me to read each novel book I buy at least twice to get a better appreciation. But if I really like a book, I can read it more than twice to get everything. At the third time, I retain a lot of info that the average person will not. Unfortunately, it also means that I can miss some details and it is also why a lot detective/murder stories ends up with total surprise for me when the killer is revealed. I read fast, so I might/will miss some clues on the first read. This is also why I don't like detective/murder novel.On the other hand, it allows for fast appreciation and fact searching. I don't waste time with what I do not like and I can find the info in a book in no time. This helped me a lot at the university and it helps me a lot in DM.</blockquote>

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