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<blockquote data-quote="Davelozzi" data-source="post: 1353224" data-attributes="member: 771">I mostly buy adventures when I'm first getting used to a new rules set or starting a new campaign.&nbsp; Once the campaign gets going, momentum usually carries me far enough that I'm less likely to use anything whole cloth, although I still might steal ideas and other goodies from published materials.&nbsp; Also, if I buy a new campaign setting, I'm fairly likely to pick up the first published module supporting it, to get a feel for how the setting should run (or at least how the designers think it should run).I prefer softbound modules of 32-48 pages.&nbsp; Megamodules are too big, I don't want my whole campaign planned out, and I don't need five levels of dungeon or more in a single adventure.&nbsp; I still might buy (and borrow parts of) a big module if its diverse enough, like Necromancer's The Grey Citadel, with it's mix of urban mystery, wilderness and dungeon.&nbsp; But I'm not likely to be picking up another megamodule along the lines of Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil that's 90% dungeon.As for details on my module buying habits, I picked up all of the original WotC adventure path modules.&nbsp; Of them, I think Sunless Citadel and Forge of Fury are by far the best, and are great examples of generic modules that are easy to fit into a campaign or use to kick one off.&nbsp; A few others are okay, but most of them are pretty poor.A couple years ago, I was picking up most of the Necromancer and Fiery Dragon modules that were coming out.&nbsp; I stopped buying Fiery Dragon when they stopped making them.&nbsp; As for Necromancer, I still think their the best comapny out there for adventures, but I've slowed to only buying one or two a year since they switched to the big module format.&nbsp; I also subscribe to Dungeon, although I was getting more use out of it a few years ago.&nbsp; The adventures in it just aren't hooking me lately.&nbsp; I feel like the quality has gone down but to be fair it may be just that I have more than what I need so I'm not as hungry for new stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davelozzi, post: 1353224, member: 771"] I mostly buy adventures when I'm first getting used to a new rules set or starting a new campaign. Once the campaign gets going, momentum usually carries me far enough that I'm less likely to use anything whole cloth, although I still might steal ideas and other goodies from published materials. Also, if I buy a new campaign setting, I'm fairly likely to pick up the first published module supporting it, to get a feel for how the setting should run (or at least how the designers [i]think[/i] it should run). I prefer softbound modules of 32-48 pages. Megamodules are too big, I don't want my whole campaign planned out, and I don't need five levels of dungeon or more in a single adventure. I still might buy (and borrow parts of) a big module if its diverse enough, like Necromancer's [i]The Grey Citadel[/i], with it's mix of urban mystery, wilderness and dungeon. But I'm not likely to be picking up another megamodule along the lines of [i]Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil[/i] that's 90% dungeon. As for details on my module buying habits, I picked up all of the original WotC adventure path modules. Of them, I think [i]Sunless Citadel[/i] and [i]Forge of Fury[/i] are by far the best, and are great examples of generic modules that are easy to fit into a campaign or use to kick one off. A few others are okay, but most of them are pretty poor. A couple years ago, I was picking up most of the Necromancer and Fiery Dragon modules that were coming out. I stopped buying Fiery Dragon when they stopped making them. As for Necromancer, I still think their the best comapny out there for adventures, but I've slowed to only buying one or two a year since they switched to the big module format. I also subscribe to [i]Dungeon[/i], although I was getting more use out of it a few years ago. The adventures in it just aren't hooking me lately. I feel like the quality has gone down but to be fair it may be just that I have more than what I need so I'm not as hungry for new stuff. [/QUOTE]

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