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How do you keep your players from reading published adventures online? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by CptHacke@lemm.ee to c/rpg@lemmy.ml

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Is it even possible to do this in 2025? Thinking about running some old published adventure modules, but I have a couple of players whom I suspect will run to the internet and peek at things only the GM should know. Other than re-writing the adventure myself, can I even guard against this?

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[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I homebrew everything these days, but back when I ran off-the-shelf adventures, I customized and arranged large parts of them as well. I didn't do it to catch cheaters, but it would be very good for that.

Anyway, I just told players not to read outside sources and be careful about what you search for. I said if you come across outside information once, I'll chalk it up to an accident, but if it happens repeatedly, I'll remove you from the group. I didn't feel the need to explain or justify that.

I had one case of someone searching a name to figure out the spelling, and they ended up spoiling themselves for a major character reveal. They were a good player and they regretted spoiling it for them themselves, and it never happened again.