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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 5030739" data-attributes="member: 4892">Many are predisposed to the combat focus of an area and that information does make up the majority of the text in a published module. Keep in mind though that a single stat block now takes up half a column on average compared to two lines in 1E. The modules I have purchased from WotC (H1-E1) have setting descriptions that do not pertain to combat and NPC motivations that can circumvent combat. Some of the published adventures are better at this combined description than others, but this is nothing new in regards to a series of published adventures from the publishers of D&D. Module/Adventure writers have always used this paradigm. They expect an encounter to go a certain way and write what they feel is relevant. Those expectations aren't always met. Some good module writers allow for more freedom. P2: Demon Queen's Enclave is a great example of a module that provides both combat and non-combat setups for the encounter areas. Same was true in older modules when the PCs weren't expected to fight. And no, "King Jared, F10" does not count as stats. See P2 for an example of a good 4E module that figures this out better. Just because some DMs see a set of combat stats and a tactics section and ignore the advice in the 4E about encounters not always turning into combats does not mean that the adventure tells you that Encounter A-2 must be combat.</blockquote>