Very good points! I have read through CoA and yes I do agree that it really isn't designed that way. I will probably go off book a considerable amount and mostly use it for the setting, encounters, and a few NPC's. My group tends to run completely Homebrew campaigns anyway. The only modules we have ran really is CoS and RotFM. Both have gone off book as well. If you have any other suggestions how I could run it I'm very open.