Oh no! That must have been mortifying. And having people completely miss the point of the adventure sounds lousy. One of the mods I edited for Kalamar and worked closely with the writer on, both he and I really believed in it--but when you're writing for a low magic setting, and you have some higher level players who cast spells... well, the whole run of the adventure changed completely when it released. I think the low level players loved it, but the high level folks found it much less interesting and compelling than both the writer and I did. Which just goes to show, even after playtesting, you never know how something's going to run. (And honestly, I think the role of the judge is to make an adventure fun even if they think it's crappy--I've run a couple of pretty bad ones, or at least adventures I didn't like, but I made sure to do my darndest to see that my players had a good time!)
I can't actually remember what NDAs I've signed at this point, which could be why I'm over cautious. Also, I like heightening the sense of mystery--because, hey, we might not even be having this coversation if I'd been straight up. ;)
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Oh no! That must have been mortifying. And having people completely miss the point of the adventure sounds lousy. One of the mods I edited for Kalamar and worked closely with the writer on, both he and I really believed in it--but when you're writing for a low magic setting, and you have some higher level players who cast spells... well, the whole run of the adventure changed completely when it released. I think the low level players loved it, but the high level folks found it much less interesting and compelling than both the writer and I did. Which just goes to show, even after playtesting, you never know how something's going to run. (And honestly, I think the role of the judge is to make an adventure fun even if they think it's crappy--I've run a couple of pretty bad ones, or at least adventures I didn't like, but I made sure to do my darndest to see that my players had a good time!)
I can't actually remember what NDAs I've signed at this point, which could be why I'm over cautious. Also, I like heightening the sense of mystery--because, hey, we might not even be having this coversation if I'd been straight up. ;)