Kuunari

I have just recently discovered the blog carnival, and have been enjoying reading through the archives. This topic is perfect, what with the D&D Next announcement and all the response it has had in the community.

I definitely go back and forth thinking about what I love in RPG. Ultimately, I think it is just quality.

What are the best adventures made of?
The best adventures have a number of common features for me. First, they aren’t too long. While I love hearing from my friends who buy them synopsis of adventure paths, I have no real desire to buy or play them. I know that there is no hope with the groups I play with to ever complete one of them. Instead, I like sort, quick adventures that hint at, but doesn’t enforce, a setting. In fact, some of my favorite adventures were the sets of adventures that TSR released with some of the campaign settings in 2nd edition. They could be tied together if you wanted to, but each adventure was self-contained. Which would be perfect for the people I play with, as we all have lives and most of us have kids. We want to roleplay, but we just don’t have the time to play long drawn out campaigns.

What do the worst adventure do wrong?
I think this is pretty simple for me: non-sensical story or encounters, railroading and overly long adventures.

What kills an adventure before it even gets off the ground?
Playing a game system that no one wants to.

What’s your favorite system? What are the things you love about it most? WHY?
My favorite system is the one my friends are playing. Secondly, I value simplicity and fun. I don’t want to be bogged down while creating a character by complex options and plans, but I like to have the options I make at character creation have both mechanical and roleplaying implications.

With D&D Next on the horizon, I’m sure you have an opinion regarding what the next edition should or shouldn’t be once it’s out.
I don’t really have a ton of opinions on what it should be, other than I really hope it gets more players into this great hobby of ours.