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I'd estimate 2/3 ad lib.

I like to write things out most of the way for dungeons. I like to have some sense of why it is there and what monsters are inside, and...

I note down a bunch of stuff ahead of time, but mostly adlib during the actual session. Adlibbing is easier when I know what to draw from.

While I do have weekly games, I too have a player who writes everything down. They are like tiny angels doing the GMs work.

I can relate. The past year it's been hard to meet every other week as was our usual habit, and as such we had a lot of problems with...

wow 1600 pages of notes? My actual rule system, complete all in one book is 546 pages, and over 1.5 million characters. also at about...

No. I'm too arrogant for that. Nothing I have is publishable or currently formatted to publishable quality, but I like it and just...

8 steps, interesting, I see some overlap with my own way but with less prep. My only exception are encounters of consequence, ones that...

I prep to improvise. About 30 minutes or so of prep for a 3 hour game using the eight steps.

I frequently use published adventure content, for which I need minimal prep. When I am writing my own, I tend to go into most sessions...

An ad libber mostly

A) are you focusing on the story , or what you are trying to do to players? B) That is what out of game time is for. You gather your...

I only had a mildly annoying version of antagonistic DM. They were not very rules savy and always decided for rulings that were...

I am gonna take a shot at this. I use real life as a close guideline for when and when I shouldn't come down on players. HP at 0 is an...

As the flipside of the jokey thread, let's talk about adversarial GMing -- specifically, when and how it might work, and when and how it...