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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4108048" data-attributes="member: 58197">This pretty much sums up my attitude.Basically, when the players learn a given piece of information--be it Doomfist's secret plan to take over the world, or just how many attacks per round Howdrowf gets--then that information becomes concrete.  It may change thereafter, but only in a way that it could logically change within the world; Doomfist revises his plan in light of recent events, or Howdrowf goes away to train with the legendary Ogre Swordmagi.Until the players learn that information, however, it remains in flux to some extent.  Until the PCs are approaching Castle Doomfist, for example, I probably haven't statted out Dirk Doomfist's minions; in fact I probably haven't statted out Dirk himself, except to the extent that I need to in order to figure out how his secret plan works.I have a general idea of what his secret plan is, but the details are apt to be hazy, and I may well add fillips and flourishes as I think of them.  If I get hit by a really brilliant idea, I might rework the entire plan from scratch... but that's risky, because the more extensive the changes you make to stuff that's still in flux, the more you risk accidentally changing something that has become concrete.  Then the players say, "Wait, three weeks ago you said it was this way!" and you have to put on your "it's all part of the plan" face, and say enigmatically, "Yes, I did.  Curious, isn't it?" while racking your brains for a way to explain the discrepancy.  Hence, I usually stick with the broad outlines and just fiddle with the details.</blockquote>

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