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1QD reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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Now to me this is a good illustration of why neither extreme is good. The "pure prepper" would have prepared these tests entirely in... -
1QD reacted to cranberry's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I plan as much as I can with the expectation that my players will think of things that I didn't...resulting in the necessity to ad lib...
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1QD reacted to ART!'s post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I'm the "plan everything I can think of and then during the game realize the really important things I forgot to prep and then have a...
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1QD reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I feel like answering this question thoroughly would take longer to write than my prep notes and tend to write several pages of prep...
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1QD reacted to TheAlkaizer's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
My default is very much to worldbuild and prepare a ton of stuff. But I'm working very hard to be more ad lib. Whenever I inject an...
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1QD reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I am definitely a planner. I start by reading a published adventure carefully, then typically in the days or weeks before the game night...
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1QD reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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Nope, sorry, don't know that one. Anyone who understands how mechanics in a TTRPG can be used to decide the outcome of things... Well... -
1QD reacted to The Sigil's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Love.
In the earliest days of 3e, I ran a campaign that was extremely heavy on prep. Every monster and NPC had lovingly crafted statblocks...
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1QD reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Love.
Well, yeah. That's the inherent advantage of an ad lib style. The entirety of the events of the campaign, both micro AND macro, can be...
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1QD reacted to HaroldTheHobbit's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I do a good amount of pre-campaign prep setting the frames with factions, lots of major and minor NPCs with different goals, campaign...
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1QD reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I'm mostly a planner where I have enough to go on (ideally by asking what the players intend to do next session) but having enough of an...
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1QD reacted to Grogg of the North's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I used to ad lib. I think that was more from a lack of time to do much prep other than "Sexy goblins?". I'm not sure I was ever really...
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1QD reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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Even the most linear adventure, say Tomb of Horrors will provide different experiences to different groups. There will be a lot in... -
1QD reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
It's a linear adventure is it not? I mean, as long as the players want to follow the prepped plotline. I am very curious...why do you...
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1QD reacted to Vael's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
A lot of the time I'm running pre-published adventures, so ... I guess that's planning everything out, only I didn't do it? Obviously, I...