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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 6120927" data-attributes="member: 63962">First, some digressionsRed Hand of Doom was a great adventure in my opinion. It did a lot of things very well:- Every decision mattered for the big city attack towards the end of the module.- Multiple interesting locations, so little railroading.- Very easy to run as a DM for a 128 page module- Lots of content, more than you would expect for a 128 page module- Interesting set-piece battles- Really easy to modify to tasteIt is probably the best module I have ever run.I am going to run Reavers of Harkenworld (4e module) which after reading it looks like a bad replica of Red Hand of Doom. It feels a lot less open-ended than RHoD, and has way too much focus on the encounters. Instead of being and adventure with encounters, it's an adventure of encounters. The thing that Reavers of Harkenworld has going for it is the basic premise of the adventure is solid and open-ended. I will probably modify it quite heavily according to the PC's actions and use the NPC stats and so on.I am also going to run Madness at Gardmoore Abbey which looks to have a relatively involved backstory and quite a lot of interesting details. I do think that the basic premise of the module is weak, but it does have some NPC's that are quite well detailed. What I dislike the most about the adventure is the use of DM-PC's. I just can't stand them. It's one of the things that made me stop running War of the Burning Sky. I think adding DM-PC's to an adventure group really adds to the rail-roading factor and a lot of modules makes it relatively awkward to write them out of the story - or include them in some other way.ConclusionsI think [MENTION=20323]Quickleaf[/MENTION] really hits the nail on the head with his comment regarding what makes a module great - the usability/adaptability and convenience you gain by using it. I think that something from object oriented programming thought process can be used here. Have simple modules that are easy to understand that make up the complex system (adventure), instead of one big complex adventure. This is one of the basic reasons I think adventures like Red Hand of Doom gained so much success.</blockquote>

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