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To avoid cluttering the D&D thead I figured I'd ask this here!

I am trying to work out exactly what a "Module" is to everyone, as they seem to vary from a 1-2 shot adventure to an entire tier of leveling up, and I want to make stuff to cater to the majority (to start with)!

What I would like to know is:

How long, in pages, do you expect a module to be? 10-20? 80+?

How long, in play time, do you expect a module to be? 1-5 hours? 20 hours? over 40 hours?

How much would you expect to pay for such a module on DMsguild, as a PDF? $2? $10?

What would make you very happy to have bought a module? Art? Maps? Thorough NPC descriptions? Magic Items? New Spells? Other?

Please let me know your thoughts so that I can tailor my adventures to better match what people want!

A module? Haven't really heard that term in a while, it got more or less supplanted by the 'adventure path' or just 'adventures' for WotC after they kicked paizo to the curb, and those tend to be too big and unwieldy.

pages: 64 for the classic length.

Play time: going to vary by group to the point that I don't think there is a good answer. 2-4 sessions, perhaps.

Happiness- mostly if I were to buy a module at this point, it would be because I needed something in a rush to run a game the next weekend. Maps are required, NPCs can be thumbnails, art not so much (no one else in the group is going to see the module, so why bother?). Items and spells definite hard no, as homebrew stuff tends to be a mess.

For a campaign, I don't see much point. Barring a sudden diversion really needs to happen, I can adapt something that already exists and make it fit.

Pay- eh. Rather leery of sites like DMs Guild, as I know too little about the group behind it and their conglomeration of things like drivethruRPG and the like. But... convenience can be worth $5 or something.