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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9511577" data-attributes="member: 7006">I do agree with you here that at no point in an adventure should there ever be a single point in the plot that can only be gotten past by having some random thing or ability.&nbsp; Especially if the DM never tells the players that X Macguffin would be required to continue forward.&nbsp; These sort of &quot;gotcha&quot; moments are best left to the side-- especially when the &quot;gotcha&quot; could never have been anticipated or planned for.So while I understand and can basically agree with other folks who say you do not need to change a pre-made adventure to suit the characters the players are playing... there's also no reason not to remove these sort of story-blocking chokepoints if an adventure gets written with one in by giving players at least a couple different ways they can continue.&nbsp; Even if it's something like just making a spellcaster NPC available for hire back in town if the party reaches a place where a magical assist would be warranted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9511577, member: 7006"] I do agree with you here that at no point in an adventure should there ever be a single point in the plot that can [I]only[/I] be gotten past by having some random thing or ability. Especially if the DM never tells the players that X Macguffin would be required to continue forward. These sort of "gotcha" moments are best left to the side-- especially when the "gotcha" could never have been anticipated or planned for. So while I understand and can basically agree with other folks who say you do not need to change a pre-made adventure to [I]suit[/I] the characters the players are playing... there's also no reason not to remove these sort of story-blocking chokepoints if an adventure gets written with one in by giving players at least a couple different ways they can continue. Even if it's something like just making a spellcaster NPC available for hire back in town if the party reaches a place where a magical assist would be warranted. [/QUOTE]

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