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<blockquote data-quote="phantomK9" data-source="post: 6615806" data-attributes="member: 6790724"><p>I'm used to running mostly Fate and Fate Core games now, but in truth I "fake it" about 85% of the time.</p><p>I come to the table with some vague ideas of scenes that I would like to run and more specifically things that the PCs will need to do to get some valuable information or other goal but then the rest I usually make up on the spot or let the players infer from what they already have and run with it.</p><p></p><p>For me the most important thing to have prepared are the motivations of the opposition. Being a bad guy for the sake of being a bad guy is not enough in my book and I have to start with the motivations. Once all that is worked out, the rest of the pieces just fall into place.</p><p></p><p>Now, having said that, my 3.5e days were filled with page after page of encounters mostly consisting of monster stats and treasure lists. That got old real quick, so once I start running 5e I will probably try to find a happy medium with my current Fate style. It helps that there are really only 2 or 3 numbers in 5e that I have to track.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phantomK9, post: 6615806, member: 6790724"] I'm used to running mostly Fate and Fate Core games now, but in truth I "fake it" about 85% of the time. I come to the table with some vague ideas of scenes that I would like to run and more specifically things that the PCs will need to do to get some valuable information or other goal but then the rest I usually make up on the spot or let the players infer from what they already have and run with it. For me the most important thing to have prepared are the motivations of the opposition. Being a bad guy for the sake of being a bad guy is not enough in my book and I have to start with the motivations. Once all that is worked out, the rest of the pieces just fall into place. Now, having said that, my 3.5e days were filled with page after page of encounters mostly consisting of monster stats and treasure lists. That got old real quick, so once I start running 5e I will probably try to find a happy medium with my current Fate style. It helps that there are really only 2 or 3 numbers in 5e that I have to track. [/QUOTE]
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