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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5587434" data-attributes="member: 1210">Speaking as a self-declared "old skooler", I would say that it's a little more complex than that.Largely, 1e was old skool. Most 1e modules that I am familiar with certainly are. There are exceptions.Largely, 2e was new skool. I'm not very familiar with many 2e modules, but a goodly number of the adventures I have seen were definitely new skool in my book. Again, there are exceptions.3e split the difference- a good amount of 3e stuff is old skool, a good amount is new skool.Rather than relying on the era its from, where a given adventure comes down in the divide often comes from its attitude and presentation.Old Skool Adventure Examples (to me, anyway):Tomb of HorrorsKeep on the BorderlandsSecret of Bone HillEGG's GreyhawkSavage Tide Adventure Path [kudos for having "if the pcs decided to be bad guys" info throughout]Gates of Firestorm PeakExpedition to the Barrier PeaksThunderspire LabyrinthRed Hand of DoomDemon Queen's EnclaveNew Skool Adventure Examples (again, to me):The OG Dragonlance modulesThe Avatar modulesAlmost anything SpelljammerKeep on the ShadowfellPyramid of ShadowsOf Sound MindNow, note that while most of the "new skool" examples I give are not that hot (imho), one of them- Of Sound Mind- is absolutely fantastic. It has the flat-out most satisfying ending of any module I have ever run. (And it's written by Piratecat!) But it has a lot of what I consider to be "new skool" elements, most notably a heavy reliance on assumptions about the pcs' course of action. Interestingly, that reliance comes not through railroading but via prediction- which is a great technique if it works.I guess the upshot of this is, Don't think that just because I consider myself "old skool" that I see "new skool" as bad. It isn't bad; it's just that my preferences typically lie elsewhere. Certain "new skool" elements are great and I use them liberally (I'll pick templates as an easy example, though I don't really use 'em in 4e, I literally find it easier and more satisfying just to make a "half-demon carrion crawler" or whatever from scratch).Also note that a lot of those are a mix, and while I put them in one category or another, they use a blend of both old and new skool elements. Some of the very best are that way- the aforementioned Of Sound Mind, Red Hand of Doom, Demon Queen's Enclave (another new skool adventure that I absolutely love), etc.</blockquote>

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