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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9463768" data-attributes="member: 6901101">I 100% agree. I find it impossible to understand the bolded lines. But then I think about all the DMs I have chatted with (played with a few times). And this is what comes to my mind:They don't write an adventure - they outline. In effect, they basically improv their way through most of the adventure reacting to the PCs' decisions. I remember speaking with two DMs who ran "pay sessions." Both said they had hundreds of written adventures ready in case the players made unexpected decisions. "Hundreds?" was the only thought in my head. Then I saw what they were talking about. A nice binder folder with an outline. Basically this:"Insert town name" has a banshee that screams each full moon on a hill that overlooks "insert geographic location." The banshee is extremely distraught at her old home in town being used to smoke meats, as she was a strict vegetarian, and at one time the town's druid. The PCs can find out about her using these rumors in town: "Insert rumor table." There are two ways to free the banshee, kill her or set her free. You can set her free by convincing the town to stop using the house as a meat smoking hut. "Insert banshee stat block here." That is one or two pages. That is what I think they mean (at least that is my guess) when they say they can write an adventure faster than using a published adventure. Side note: It works for some DMs, but every time I have played longer than three or four sessions, with these types of DMs, there are increasing gaps, like a growing sinkhole, that swallows up any large plot arc. It also seems to have unexpected collapses that throw what should be in plain view into darkness.</blockquote>

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