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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 4926510" data-attributes="member: 22424">I'm not familiar with &quot;Cage of Delerium&quot;, but &quot;Red Hand of Doom&quot; was really the outstanding adventure from WotC in recent years (rivalled only by &quot;The Sinister Spire&quot; IMO). A lot of their other efforts were fairly lacklustre, and some very poor indeed. So, perhaps it's not that the 4e modules are especially poor, but rather that you've remembered only the best of what has gone before?With modules in particular, I do think it is important to look not just at the company responsible, but also the particular author. &quot;Red Hand of Doom&quot; was written by Richard Baker (who is usually good value) and James Jacobs (who has a long and impressive record with Paizo, and who at the time was helming a Dungeon magazine that was in something of a golden age). I think it's also possible that WotC just haven't had their 'big guns' write the adventures thus far.(Of course, &quot;Red Hand of Doom&quot; was also one of the last modules produced before WotC switched to the 'Delve Format'. It may well be that this format constrains authors enough to knock some off their games. Although I rate &quot;The Sinister Spire&quot; very highly, and that uses that format, so maybe not.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 4926510, member: 22424"] I'm not familiar with "Cage of Delerium", but "Red Hand of Doom" was really [i]the[/i] outstanding adventure from WotC in recent years (rivalled only by "The Sinister Spire" IMO). A lot of their other efforts were fairly lacklustre, and some very poor indeed. So, perhaps it's not that the 4e modules are especially poor, but rather that you've remembered only the best of what has gone before? With modules in particular, I do think it is important to look not just at the company responsible, but also the particular author. "Red Hand of Doom" was written by Richard Baker (who is usually good value) and James Jacobs (who has a long and impressive record with Paizo, and who at the time was helming a Dungeon magazine that was in something of a golden age). I think it's also possible that WotC just haven't had their 'big guns' write the adventures thus far. (Of course, "Red Hand of Doom" was also one of the last modules produced before WotC switched to the 'Delve Format'. It may well be that this format constrains authors enough to knock some off their games. Although I rate "The Sinister Spire" very highly, and that uses that format, so maybe not.) [/QUOTE]

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