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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5515288" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>The "Delve Format" is the format used in all current WotC adventures. The key feature is those 2-page spreads for each encounter (okay, sometimes 1-page; occasionally 3). It is so-called because it was first developed for use in the "Dungeon Delve" events at Gen Con (and other conventions?). In print, I believe it debuted in the 3.5e module "Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde", although it has been refined somewhat since (and does work better in 4e than 3.5e, FWIW).</p><p></p><p>This is as opposed to the 'traditional' format used by, well, everyone else. Check out any of those older (pre-2006) modules.</p><p></p><p>The format isn't really anything to do with "dungeon delves" as such.</p><p></p><p>Raven Crowking's contention is that if you took B2 and changed nothing but the formatting, moving it across to the Delve format, you would in doing so strip out the soul of the adventure, and so destroy it.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't agree - I believe that the format <em>could</em> work, especially for an adventure of that sort (but almost certainly not for the original "Ravenloft" - ironic that WotC have done one but not the other <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ). However, I don't have either the time or, frankly, the interest to put this to the test. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5515288, member: 22424"] The "Delve Format" is the format used in all current WotC adventures. The key feature is those 2-page spreads for each encounter (okay, sometimes 1-page; occasionally 3). It is so-called because it was first developed for use in the "Dungeon Delve" events at Gen Con (and other conventions?). In print, I believe it debuted in the 3.5e module "Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde", although it has been refined somewhat since (and does work better in 4e than 3.5e, FWIW). This is as opposed to the 'traditional' format used by, well, everyone else. Check out any of those older (pre-2006) modules. The format isn't really anything to do with "dungeon delves" as such. Raven Crowking's contention is that if you took B2 and changed nothing but the formatting, moving it across to the Delve format, you would in doing so strip out the soul of the adventure, and so destroy it. Personally, I don't agree - I believe that the format [i]could[/i] work, especially for an adventure of that sort (but almost certainly not for the original "Ravenloft" - ironic that WotC have done one but not the other :) ). However, I don't have either the time or, frankly, the interest to put this to the test. :) [/QUOTE]
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