by Derang3d

jeffrhind wrote:

Sorrry folks, I thought Summer break was still happening. My bad. I can delete my last entry.

I'd've added one myself if only I'd been a bit sooner. Even if just to support your last entry, but eh it's too late now, break is certainly over.

I need no spot in the line. I don't think it's safe yet. I'll check in another half a year or so, maybe.

by AZBarbarian

Nearly 100% of the TTRPGs my group plays are in GM designed campaign or adventure settings. My entire group started playing this way and have continued playing this way since the beginning (we all started individually in the 1980s and have been gaming together since 1993). When we were playing 5e, we did do one published campaign in the Forgotten Realms, Tomb of Annihilation. However, even then, certain issues had to be modified by the GM (me in this case).
I personally do not like the term 'homebrew' for settings. I think it is a good term for rule-sets, but I don't use that for settings. Not exactly sure why, but I believe many here agree based on different topics over the years.

by elclarkey

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by AZBarbarian

pdzoch wrote:

I would be so tempting to toss a REAL Nigerian Prince into this scenario.

Wow, such a good idea.

by Againsto

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by Grishnakh_the_Grouch

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I feel more relaxed just looking at your photos. Have a great vacation!

by Ugavine

I am usually the GM and it is rare I will run a published module without making changes..

When I ran Dragon of Icespire Peak I had the climate change far more drastically, it was a full blown blizzard by the end of the campaign because I felt it needed a more dramatic edge.

I also frequently drop in my own NPCs.

The two Space 1999 adventures, Breakaway and Project Arrow I did run close to the module... although player action drastically changed Project Arrow.

by YellowLab

I finished Auspex with my Mario & Luigi: Brothership entry.

by Moonlight_Fox

I mixed a few modules into the otherwise homebrew Animon Story campaign I ran between 2024 and 2025, but I think most of the stuff I've played in - and everything else I've ran - has either been 100% homebrew or 100% pre-written module (With the caveat Patrick mentions that some modules leave a lot of room for the GM to fill, or to generate on the fly with random tables, so even a 100% pre-written module might not be the same as when someone else runs them because of differences in decisions for how to fill those gaps or differences in what comes up on roll tables)

by pdzoch

I would be so tempting to toss a REAL Nigerian Prince into this scenario.

by pdzoch

Many modules leave lots of room open for additional material. In some cases, it leaves significant gaps that the GM is expected to fill.

I am currently running Ghosts of Saltmarsh. To round out play experience, control campaign pacing, and actually build on the factions that are identified in the book, I have to add lots more additional content. Several "chapters" are more challenging than the last adventure would have left the PCs, so some filler is needed to level them up appropriately. Some "chapters" seem disconnected from the main story line (or the politics in the large scheme that was laid out at the beginning), so a connection needs to be made. Luckily, many others have noticed the gap and produced products to fill those gaps: Saltmarsh Sidetreks: Tier 1 Events, Saltmarsh Sidetreks 2: More Tier 1 Events, Encounters on the Savage Seas, and many similar items specific and broad. But even then, I am making adjustments to fit my campaign and the direction the party seems to be going. I am making modification, adding NPCs and locations, and threads and story lines. I have to in order to fill in the seams. Some of it is also done on the fly, when I discover a gap in the material during play. But I think that is normal rpg play. And in some cases, I am removing some content that I do not feel works.

Since I am running two groups at the same time, I can affirm that the filler content for the two groups have not been the same because they are approaching the story in different manner. They are still doing the same tasks towards the same goal, but they way the do so is so different that I use different side treks, filler, and other NPCs/locations for the two different groups to match their styles, backgrounds, and progress. It has been an interesting exercise.

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