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Respectfully disagree. Life is full of consequences. Misjudging your parties abilities, pushing red buttons, taking on foes too...
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I have deliberately caused PC deaths, but not because I was out to do it. One time the party was fighting ghouls and the druid went...
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I think it shows a dedication to the GM, to put in that much effort and not be writing up a module is actually pretty dedicated.
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That is highly commendable. I must ask, do the players reward you for all that effort?
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Sure seems like you are. I went to check. My shortest full adventure of the current campaign was "Plague of Lies". Notes for it are...
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I’m a heavy planner but I also plan with a lot of breadth so the players have tons of options. And I love using random encounter tables...
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I feel seen. You learn as a DM that no plot outline survives contact with a group of players. 😉
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I’m a planner and part of the plan is to be flexible with my adventures. The key is to be broad in approach but specific with the...
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I plan until my players ruin the plan. Then i adlib until i forget what it was i libbed. Then i go back to see where we were in my...
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On paper, I probably split 60-40% in favor of planning to improvising. I always deliberately leave myself holes in my session outline...
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very Ad lib, though I do like to set scenario waypoints before hand. I see the Fronts and Grim Portents of Dungeon World is a codified...
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Somewhere in the middle. Pendragon, I am pretty well plotted out. L5R, in Magistrate campaign, I have a bunch of clues and who has...
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They said every adventure they run.
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Lol you may have a point.
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Planning is just ad-libbing ahead of time. ;)
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