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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Cake for a Cat-Lover
Thursday, August 7, 2008
So for dog lovers, this is a "Creepy Cake". For cat lovers, it's "Just Funny". What say you, readers?
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- LadyCiani said...
Based on the body parts you can see in the background, I think this is only partially complete.
It looks like there might also be a frog (green?) and a dalmation cake. - August 7, 2008 at 6:11 PM
- Ladytink_534 said...
It's well done but still creepy looking!
- August 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- oº˚ Homeschool Mom˚ºo said...
is it a cat or dog -- It looks like a dog that just got his temp. checked.
- August 7, 2008 at 6:32 PM
- Pammeey said...
Creepy. Definitely creepy. The color is also completely unappetizing.
- August 7, 2008 at 6:36 PM
In the background you can see what looks like. . . .moldy cheese or another dog cake (thinking dalmatian).
- August 7, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Bethany said...
Can it be creepy AND funny?
Yes. Yes it can. - August 7, 2008 at 6:40 PM
I'm a cat lover, and that's just creepy...
- August 7, 2008 at 6:40 PM
hmmmm...not sure, but I think whoever made it is quite talented. Maybe a bit creepy for me though. :o)
- August 7, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- skatej said...
Oh goodness. That frightens me quite a bit. I certainly don't think I would be going for a slice of nose.
- August 7, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Dea said...
The look on the face, the expression - that's what makes it so freaky looking. The artistic ability of the person making this is amazing - but WHY the scared face??
- August 7, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- MaryO said...
I'm inclined to agree with Anissa -perhaps the poor pooch just got "goosed" at the vet's office!
I'm an animal lover and this cake is sad and weird. Also the color is off..looks like one of your other cakes - I'll let you draw your own conclusions as to which one! :-)
Bizarro. - August 7, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- Ryan Vance said...
For such a big head, it has such a tiny mouth.
- August 7, 2008 at 7:01 PM
- V. Nicharico said...
Hahaha! That's your classic "You want to do WHAT?! with that?" look. poor dog must be in the vet's office ;)
- August 7, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- lady jicky said...
I wonder if his eyes follow you around the room???
- August 7, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- Mary T-Allen said...
Count me firmly in the creepy camp.
- August 7, 2008 at 7:11 PM
I've just spent the better half of an hour on your blog laughing my bum off! Youre too funny, and the cakes...well they take the cake!
- August 7, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I think you may have misinterpreted. It is ROBO DOG... he knows know fear! Will leap parked cars in a single bound. This model of Robo Dog comes complete with pop up satellite ears, xray eye balls, detachable mic built into the nose and .. the mask of anonymity - the air brushed X over his eyes. It is genius! Go Go Gadget bad coloured icing!
ha. Love your blog! - August 7, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I've never posted but I've been watching this site for a while...You CRACK me up!!! I love checking in..... Finally I will respond... All I said to myself when i saw this one was "I want that dogs head on a platter" LMAO!! I am a cake decorator, I pray I never make some of the mistakes these people have made.
Keep up the great work!!
M - August 7, 2008 at 7:18 PM
- H. L. Dyer said...
You'd be terrified too, if King Kitty demanded YOUR head on a plate.
- August 7, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- Keiko said...
it's good, but allitle... creepy. I agree with ladyciani, I think it's only partially complete.
great blog, it always keeps me laughing, keep up the great work! - August 7, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Stepher said...
I think this cake is gorgeous. Very well done w/true artistic talent.
Most of the other cakes you post ARE wrecks, but this one is excellent. - August 7, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Moominmama said...
Lover of: cats
Cake = bug-eyed hilarity - August 7, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Kimberly said...
Or for Michael Vick, it's the losing dog.
- August 7, 2008 at 8:22 PM
- Karyn said...
WHERE do you FIND these???
This site never fails to make me bust a gut laughing.
Unfortunately it also makes me want cake.
Mmm, cake. - August 7, 2008 at 8:27 PM
- evil cake lady said...
{anissa} said it best--the dog just got his temp checked!
i may be a cat lover, but this is seriously creepy. seriously. - August 7, 2008 at 8:38 PM
- *Michelle said...
Creepy, hilarious, funny, and detailed well..... not a combination you see often!
- August 7, 2008 at 8:44 PM
It's not so much the spooked look on his face, as it it the thought of how he'll get eaten. . .I can just see the large, shiny knife lopping off his snout, slapping it onto a paper plate, and jamming in a plastic fork before passing it along. . .*shudder*
- August 7, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I agree with what anissa said about the dog just getting his temp checked. Seriously funny!! It looks like a face off a cartoon, one that's learned some really bad news, involving him. Nice detail though. I haven't checked back in a while so I have to comment on the horse butt cake below: WHAT ARE PEOPLE THINKING!!!! That's going to become my new mantra when I read this blog.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:18 PM
Was that made for a veterinary student with a sick love for lobotomy? Or maybe the remainder of the cake (with thermometer, like {anissa} said,) is under the table.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- The Creeper said...
It reminds me of the dog on the Little Cesear's commercial for the $5 gut fillers, err, pepperoni pizzas. The family is on their way somewhere and at the end of the commercial they say, "Now we just need to drop off *the dog* at the vet," and he gets this surprised look on his face. Or yeah, like someone else said... like someone just took his temp. LMAO!
- August 7, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- Kelli said...
Wait, I think it's the Montauk Monster!
- August 7, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Nasty! Who the heck thinks severed heads of any kind (animal or human)should be immortialized by a baked good???
Pretty much can sum it up by saying...Icky...not gonna eat it - NEVER EVER! - August 7, 2008 at 10:12 PM
- Walk On said...
I'm a cat person - and this cake falls under CREEPY!
It's been decapitated for cryin' out loud, eating that cake would be as every bit as disturbing as eating one of those baby cakes.
Would you like a slice of muzzle or ear? Eyeball maybe?
As a friend of mine said when I showed her the baby cake, I wonder if they put a red jelly filling just under the top layer of cake?
Those plain ole' rectangles at my local supermarket look better all the time. - August 7, 2008 at 10:40 PM
To me he looks my dogs. Cookies? Can we have a Cookie PLEASE?
LOL - August 7, 2008 at 10:50 PM
This doesn't even really look like cake. it looks like gingerbread done papier mache style.
- August 7, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- Hula Hank said...
It think it is terrible!! I mean, everyone knows that a dog cake are supposed to look like a Pug!
- August 7, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- R J Keefe said...
So, where do I start cutting?
- August 8, 2008 at 12:15 AM
- Val said...
This poor pooch did not come from a no-kill shelter. Poor guy!
If my kids were at a party where they were chopping a dogs head into little pieces and passing them out with ice cream, they'd run screaming from the room. - August 8, 2008 at 12:15 AM
- James said...
I love your blog! Where do you find these culinary monstrosities?
It looks like the dog is having something ... um .. just WRONG being done to it. Perhaps being turned into a canine gelding without the benefit of an anasthetic.
Please, keep them coming! - August 8, 2008 at 12:20 AM
"What's your kitty cat's name?"
"Salome. Why do you ask?" - August 8, 2008 at 12:35 AM
I think I'd scream if one of those eyes ended up staring up at me from the plate.
- August 8, 2008 at 2:21 AM
- Clara Cupcakes said...
Oh my goshness I love your blog. I just read right through it and it has me in stitches. Thank you so much for blogging!
- August 8, 2008 at 3:38 AM
I imagine the children would all be fighting to see who gets the tongue bit.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:17 AM
- CrazyMomma said...
I say its suppose to look like that...afterall, how would you look just before they cut YOUR head off?
- August 8, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
Ironically, this is the same look Marie Antoinette had on her face right after saying, "Let them eat cake!"
- August 8, 2008 at 9:06 AM
why do i feel like it needs to have an apple in its mouth LOL
love the site - August 8, 2008 at 9:31 AM
- Becky said...
Well - as a dog lover, I don't love this cake. I think if I was a cat lover I still wouldn't love this cake. I think cake should at least be appetizing and this one is so NOT appetizing.... It took talent to make this cake, no denying it is well done, but EEEEWWW!
- August 8, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Unknown said...
reminds me of that dog on Conan... you know the one that says "for me to poop on"...
ahha... - August 8, 2008 at 11:36 AM
I'm not sure if it matters if you are a cat lover or dog lover. It's hilarious.
- August 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- The kid with a weird brain. said...
Just Funny
- August 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM
- Jeff and Melissa said...
yikes! creepy is an understatement with this one.
i love your blog... i laugh until i cry! keep it up... awesome! - August 8, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- August 8, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I like both cats and dogs, but a cake like that is begging NOT to be eaten.
- August 9, 2008 at 8:05 PM
- Amy said...
That is just creepy...
- August 10, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Pink Sith said...
Why oh why do people feel compelled to order fondant covered monstrosities such as this. I am a cat lover and dog lover and the thought of "digging" into a slice of nose or ear makes me want to hurl. especially after having to clean my own dog's ears and nose. ::throws up in my mouth:: Thanks for sharing this "gem"
- August 11, 2008 at 8:19 AM
- Julie D said...
OMG, who wants to eat a dog's head?
Here honey, have an eye. Oh wait, you wanted the snout. Here you go, sweetie. Pick the whiskers out first. - August 11, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Hello - can you say eyelids!?
- August 13, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- Kelly said...
omg. i think the green thing is an edible garden hose. what kind of occasion calls for a garden hose cake?
- August 14, 2008 at 1:49 AM
Maybe they are having it tsted for rabies, perhaps?
- August 14, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Looking at the other cakes in the background adds to the humor. Why make an animal look like it is made of blue cheese? The other one appears to be a frog sitting on Lilly pads. Eating a big green chunk of rah frog has its own touch of horror.
- August 14, 2008 at 2:08 PM
I had to pick myself off the floor for this one because I was laughing so hard. And then I read the caption. This is soooo funny.
- August 15, 2008 at 12:02 PM
It's a little creepy but you can't deny that it's really, really well executed.
- August 16, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I'm a cat lover and I find nothing even remotely funny in this decapitated dog's head.
It's skilfully done, right down to the terror-stricken expression, but the idea is disgusting. - August 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- Jocko said...
Looks a lot like a dog.....but it's NOT...it's cake, and cake is good...eat it.
- August 19, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- Sarah said...
I vote for "both sick and hilarious."
This has also made me realize that a cake shaped like a boar's head would be much better for a quasi-medieval Christmas party than an actual boar's head. Noted. - August 22, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Reminds you of the last scene in "Blair Witch Proeject" but for dogs. Wonder what Fido saw when he/she finally caught up with whatever he/she was chasing? If it was a cat, it must have been a big one.
- August 23, 2008 at 8:54 AM
i have enjoyed all the pictures, but it wasn't until i got to this one that i laughed out loud. i startled my cat, george.
in our office we have had so many misspelled cakes that we now get the going-away cakes misspelled on purpose - "gool luck" is popular.
thanks for the fun. - minette - August 24, 2008 at 12:30 PM
- Amy Chace said...
This thing that really makes this image is your caption!!
- August 25, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- F. Radcliffe said...
I'm really tired of this cultural assumption that all cat-lovers must also be dog-haters.
- September 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Heather said...
I think I'd laugh my butt off if it were red velvet cake!
- December 2, 2009 at 9:23 PM
This brings to mind the phrase 'with eyes...eyes that have seen too much...'
- December 19, 2009 at 2:30 AM
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Open Friday: Batteries Not Included
How do you feel about this? At what point is it too onerous to expect that a referee owns a particular supplementary work? Should adventure modules include everything not included in the main rulebook for the benefit of those who don't own anything else or is it reasonable to assume that most players own the latest releases?
28 comments:
- Jeff FallerNovember 2, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Oooh, tough question. But after doing a little thinking, I'd say yes. I was never happier than the first time I leafed through the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Remember that book that came along w/ the module? That thing was awesome.
In fact, from what I've heard, Goodman Games has adopted that business model to a certain extent right? They claim that it keeps the player's guessing. Oh, and Paizo's Adventure Path products do it as well come to think of it.
So yeah, I suppose I'd have to say that I do like certain things included in the modules. Monsters, magic items, etc. Those types of things. Maybe a quirky rule regarding chasing through jungles or something along those lines too. - Jason ZavodaNovember 2, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Since the reason for those modules to exist in the 1st place was to push the supplementary books I think the question is moot. Is it reasonable to think that a modern RPG company can get away with such blatant sales tactics? My feeling is that Paizo and WotC could probably still sell shinola to their loyal customer base and tell them it is sunshine, but that the small fry and one man one module sized companies wouldn't get away with it.
ReplyDelete I'd say it depends on the purpose of the module.
If it's something you've written to share online for free then hell, go for it, your primary audience is likely going to be fellow enthusiasts anway.
If it's something you've written to publish commercially, expecting people to own every other supplement in a game line might or might not be onerous, but it certainly doesn't make commercial sense.
If you are the publisher of the game line, you might like the idea of all the people playing your game owning all the supplements, but let's be realistic: that ain't going to happen, and few people are going to buy a supplement they otherwise weren't interested in simply for the sake of running an adventure. Some might, but I suspect most will just make up stats for things they lack the official stats for. You'd get more goodwill by providing the stats along with a line saying "for more detailed stats and variants on these creatures/items/rules, see this supplement" - that way the adventure is fully functional without the GM inventing extra stuff but you've given them a taster of what's in that supplement, and if they like what they see they might buy the supplement - especially since rather than generating frustration by keeping the stats locked away, you've generated goodwill by including them.
On top of that, the set of "people who own your core books" is always going to be larger than the set of "people who own your core books plus the supplements", so if only the smaller set of people can make full use of your module then you're contracting the pool of people you're selling it to and thus making it less commercially viable. Why would you do that? Oh, sure, you could neglect to mention that the adventure requires a particular supplement to run, but that's ethically slimy and these days, when people can post reviews online saying "Watch out, the adventure requires Supplement X to work but the blurb doesn't say it", you might do yourself more harm than good.
If you are not the publisher of the game line, there's even less reason to require the use of non-core material. Why use your adventure to sell other people's supplements?
So, bottom line: at least in terms of commercial products, I don't think you HAVE to include everything which isn't in the main rulebook, but:
- I do think it's profoundly unethical to not say (preferably loudly with big red letters) "This adventure requires Supplement X" before people put their money down, and that players/GMs have a right to feel aggrieved if they are sold a pig-in-a-poke.
- I also think it isn't commercially sensible to sell adventures which aren't complete in themselves, because any benefit gained from convincing people to buy the required supplements won't be enough to outweigh the loss of interest from people who might have bought the adventure if it didn't require extra material (or the ill will generated if you don't mention that extra material is required), whereas if you use the adventure to say "Hey, here's some cool stuff from Supplement X, you should buy that if you want more stuff like this" then you're likely to get just as many sales - probably more - and will retain the goodwill of your customers.- CasmariusNovember 2, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I think this is akin to marketing your customer into a corner. If a customer likes the look of a certain supplement, but fails to observe the need for a secondary product to make use of the supplement, then you're going to end up creating resentment and dissapointment. It might ultimately result in a sale of both products, but it would be grudgingly, and the ill will would be far more harmful than just putting in the all-inclusive information.
Besides, it doesn't necessarily negate the need for the reference product. While you may be able to get all of the monsters by purchasing every various module with them included... it's not a centrally organized resource for those monsters. Something like that is crucial if you ever want to venture outside the module's well trod path. - Craig MaloneyNovember 2, 2012 at 10:04 AM
GURPS 4e is pretty tied to the different supplements (ie: Supers relies on Powers, which relies on the Basic Set; Thaumatology relies on Magic, which relies on Basic). But, that's also the way the system is built - as a series of add-on packages that you can use and customize as you see fit. I don't have much of a problem with that, although it does lead to some interesting research-like book manipulation.
ReplyDelete I like when new material is introduced in a module, and doesn't make you go out to buy the newest stuff. That's marketing, plain and simple, and I'm sure it sells books since gamers these days seem to think that if they don't have the new book they are missing something from the system, but I don't like when companies write material from optional - remember, supplements are optional and always should be - sources into the material and then don't provide usable statistics, instead referring you to page XX of supplement XXX. TSR did more and more of this toward the end of 2E and continued that business model throughout 3E, since the onslaught of books was continuing. Prestige classes from this or that supplement would show up and instead of re-inserting the rules, which takes minimal space, they would instead just refer you to another $40 book. Paizo does some of this, but at least they seem to flesh things out a little better. They amount of stuff from their Companion series that winds up in the hardbacks is huge, which really helps. The example that made me the most nuts is when Dark Sun was revamped for 3.5 in the pages of Dungeon and Dragon and the writeups for races and monsters included stuff that would only appear in the Expanded Psionics Handbook, including listing Half-Giants as an available race and then writing nothing more than "go get the book if you want stats," essentially. Makes me crazy. That's why I'm happy with the OSR scene - everything is usually pretty self-contained and most of it purely optional. When left to my own devices, if a book says "go out and buy this for all the other info" I tend to just write my own stuff, because I'm freakin' broke and as much as I would like to own all the books for a given system, it's not realistic. Remember, Gygax said once that as soon as we figured out we didn't need the game companies to create new material, they were in real trouble.
ReplyDelete- Alexandre LancianiNovember 2, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Well half the page count of the early AH RQ modules was filled by reprint from material other than RQ standard edition, except I don't think those little capsules made a lot of sense to those who didn't own said material. Afterwards they stopped reprinting stuff in the modules but since every supplement described one more cult/one more spell/one more monster (Yelmalio cult description in Sun Dome but Yelmalions had a pretty big role in River of Cradles too), the GM had to carry a 400 gp capacity bag for all his books.
And of course at a certain moment unpublished material
became canon as well, and the situation became hopeless.
I stopped playing AD&D with early 2nd edition, but I always wondered whether later modules included all the optional rules (proficiencies, spells from tome of magic, kits from the complete class books etc.).
Bottom line, I think it depends. I think it should
include everything it can do justice, but also if it is a general adventure module, it should not rely on people owning every book that's out there.
For example, Pendragon scenarios never really expected you to own anything except the main book, although if you had you could use it to expand the scenario.
To put it in D&D context, for example an NPC magic user should only have standard spells (unless there is a reason). The DM is always right to add more anyway.
And of course if it's the main focus of your module, then you should reprint it. That practice was the bane of my existence when I was younger and collected 2nd Edition products. I *loathed* that there was material alluded to or monsters included in the modules/supplements that you could only find in some other book that was (especially by the mid-90s) out-of-print. When 3.xE became more of the same, I quit and went back to my older collections.
ReplyDelete- Alec SemicognitoNovember 2, 2012 at 10:25 AM
In the days of 1e the books were published years apart, so it didn't feel so much like consumer exploitation --- plus we were kids and wanted the "official" rules. Later practices seem more like those of Marvel and DC Comics, using crossovers and special events to make you buy more books just to get a coherent picture. It's not just that that's annoying --- it also spreads the rules all over the damn place, which makes it cumbersome to look it up at the table.
ReplyDelete I prefer when new material is included in the adventure... It gives that adventure a unique flavor. I never liked to use the creatures and magic items presented in a module as common in the rest of a campaign world. Just let that location have a special and memorable ecology all it's own.
But in the case of using monsters and spells presented in books that were presented as officially canon and core to the game? That's a tough call. As a designer, why limit yourself as far as content you can use to give the adventure a special feel, using lesser-known creatures and items and magic from across the board of official rulebooks?
I also get it from a business standpoint: why limit yourself as far as additional product sales?- Reverance PavaneNovember 2, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Definitely in the "don't assume players have anything other that this adventure and the core books" school.
Then again with a simple game like D&D you can get away with a simple stat block that describes the creature (after all OD&D did it with a line in a table and a short paragraph and maybe a picture if you were very very very lucky). Didn't stop our playing, even if we had no real idea of what a locathah actually looked or acted like (apart from riding giant eels). So it really isn't important for running the adventure. Knowing what an obscure new magic item or spell did was more troublesome.
However a good monster write-up meant that you could use the monster elsewhere, which could be useful, so I'm all in favour of including them. - SlerotinNovember 2, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Let's face it, it would be too onerous, if we didn't have bootleg downloadable PDFs of just about every rulebook and supplement online. Someone had to say it...
ReplyDelete - Brandon LighterNovember 2, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Given the ready availability of PDFs (official or not) in this era, I'd probably err on the side of brevity and assume that the GM can obtain a copy of whatever non-core books are being used. Maybe include a short section of alternatives if they don't (i.e. use X core monster if you don't have the stats for the Wildehydrapyrothesalboarasaurus).
ReplyDelete I think modules should be truly modular, i.e., fully self-contained. If a module includes a new monster/spell/item/etc. it should at least give you the bare bones rules required to run the thing. If the publisher wants to include a note like "This product is fully usable on its own, but Supplement X is highly recommended" that's fine.
But if they don't include the bare bones rules, waiting until after the fact to tell you that you need another book to use one you've already purchased is crooked as hell. It would be like someone selling you a car but neglecting to mention that the engine is sold separately.- Adam WarlockNovember 2, 2012 at 2:17 PM
I don't mind modules that include monsters from other products. If your not really into, or don't have time to make the investment in a home brew campaign/adventure this at least makes buying those products useful, instead of wondering why you bought it in the first place. I do, however, wouldn't mind them putting on the cover (Or, the back.) of the module telling you what books you need for the monsters within. Its counterproductive, on a financial level, to include monsters, from existing products, and just copy them into a module. For a company to "assume" you have all their products is just silly. On the surface it may seem that adding the disclaimer would reduce the purchase of the module, but in my mind I'd be more pissed off if they do a basic bait and switch, selling me a module that after purchase I find out I need another book I don't have. Where as, if the module really interests me I might go and purchase the book I need. Giving me the option is the only fair thing to do. And, lets face it. The company really wants to sell their books, were as modules are usually cheap and has a limited buying power.
ReplyDelete - PJ GarrisonNovember 2, 2012 at 6:33 PM
I think this was an acceptable approach when the game had 3 monster books.
On the other hand, there were dozens of monster books in 2E which made it a little ridiculous to expect that every DM would have a copy of each book in his collection.
I remember several occasions where the monster blurbs were not enough to run the adventure, because of all the special rules that weren't included in the stat-block.
It wasn't a big deal if the monsters were in the main Monstrous Compendium, but it was a pain in the ass if you didn't have the Greyhawk II appendix or the Fiend Folio Appendix.
I don't know if the more recent WotC editions of the game followed the same monster-glut philosophy, but at least they've abandoned the godawful loose-leaf format since then. - Jay CSCNovember 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM
YES, I'd like everything needed to run a creature properly (stats, ecology, etc.) in the module. But I also see no reason why a supplement couldn't take a culture mentioned in a module and expand on it.
ReplyDelete - anen kramNovember 3, 2012 at 1:26 AM
I like both approaches. Gygax's method works fine for marketing purposes as well as for those who purchased FF. Introducing a new spell/monster in pre packaged adventures is my preferred method as it tends to fit the adventure better.
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You can check out my works at http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=3578term=arcanum%20syndicate- Barry BlattNovember 3, 2012 at 9:48 AM
The old AD&D Modules were mostly OK, as mentioned above there weren't the vast amounts of extra books you needed to own to run the module, but with later stuff? They really ought to have put a notice on the cover saying which books you will need to run a given module, as it was not reasonable to expect players to own the lot.
Extra material per module? Some of it looked like stuff thrown in because that was kind of expected when the standard rulebook monsters and magic items would have been OK, and layout and permissions granted to photocopy those pages of monsters, spells etc. (I did it anyway) you wanted to take over to another scenario. for easy reference. Back in the day I had a binder full of odds and sods from magazines and modules that was pretty much a second DMG.
It could have been done better, and I would expect modern game publishers not to make the same mistakes. I'd like to see modules contain everything beyond the core rulebooks you need to play, and it ought to be possible to combine modules with rule supplements and use that as a way of expanding on a core rulebook. - ColdstreamNovember 4, 2012 at 4:53 PM
I prefer self-contained modules whenever possible if something critical in them is utilized from outside the core rulebooks. One can replace random monsters with another easily enough but if the whole module is based on Githyanki and you didn't have the Fiend Folio or whatever White Dwarf issue they appeared in...well...you might be out of luck.
I'd think it would be nice if modules would list what books they draw from on the cover somewhere, sort of like software packages do for computers: letting you know what you need to run the thing as written. Well, I generally think that pretending a GM to have some expansion in order to run a module is just a way to force him buy it. I'd rather the modules which contains all the new stuff in their appendix. Or at least the modules that clearly state in their back cover that you need a specific expansion in order to run or play it.
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That's true though, in fairness, the modules that WOTC published for 4E always included the complete rules for any monsters that it used.


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Customization and Flexibility:
Loose prints offer endless possibilities for framing. You can match frames to your existing color schemes, room styles, and personal preference.
Swap out prints seasonally, change their placement around your home, or create gallery walls for a dynamic, curated look. Loose prints are a commitment-free way to experiment.
Supporting Artists:
Buying our unframed prints directly support independent artists, allowing you to invest in their creative output.