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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8473269" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I mind it a lot less if they just explain what the entire expected plot is at the start. It's more like reading a play then. You don't decide to direct something without knowing the entire plot and you don't (normally) watch an opera without a guide to what's going on. I feel like it should be the same way with adventures. And sometimes it is - but sometimes they have some convoluted AF plot and it's never fully explained, and the writing often isn't great, so you might need to re-read the entire adventure a couple of times before you "get it". Which is really not what I want when I'm paying for an adventure.</p><p></p><p>I guess it all comes back to my rule that, if I could have written an entire adventure, and sourced maps and so on, in less than the time it takes to get ready to run an adventure, I feel pretty ripped-off, especially if it turns out there are aspects to the Adventure-As-Written (AAW lol) that I don't actually like and would want to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8473269, member: 18"] I mind it a lot less if they just explain what the entire expected plot is at the start. It's more like reading a play then. You don't decide to direct something without knowing the entire plot and you don't (normally) watch an opera without a guide to what's going on. I feel like it should be the same way with adventures. And sometimes it is - but sometimes they have some convoluted AF plot and it's never fully explained, and the writing often isn't great, so you might need to re-read the entire adventure a couple of times before you "get it". Which is really not what I want when I'm paying for an adventure. I guess it all comes back to my rule that, if I could have written an entire adventure, and sourced maps and so on, in less than the time it takes to get ready to run an adventure, I feel pretty ripped-off, especially if it turns out there are aspects to the Adventure-As-Written (AAW lol) that I don't actually like and would want to change. [/QUOTE]
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