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Message: <blockquote data-quote="messy" data-source="post: 3649223" data-attributes="member: 13488">allo againi guess i need to elaborate a little on what i need help with.i need help in writing adventures (even an adventure path, potentially) for my home game. i'm interested in simple adventures with a believable plot, role-playing opportunities, and a few surprises. i feel like i'm pretty good at the technical side of adventure-design (making appropriate challenges for the pcs) but not so good at the creative side (why are the monsters here? what are they up to?). this is what i need help with.that said, the responses so far are definitely helpful and appreciated.piratecat, it's nice to hear that even the pros struggle sometimes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />doug, i found the complications to be the most helpful part of your post <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />monkey king, i'm not interested in writing professionally -- that's your job <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />vascant, your post was a little vague; i'm not sure i understand.glassjaw, i've got lots of ideas regarding monsters/bbegs, but nothing has written itself yet <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />exile, i'm not above stealing from other sources <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> your ramblings are helpful, too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />mighty halfling, those are some very helpful ideas <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />thanx very much, everyone. keep those ideas coming <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />messy</blockquote>

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