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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 740426" data-attributes="member: 426">I haven't really DMed much of late, but here are a few stories.I tend to do a lot of the map making for my campaign, as well as working on countries and cultures.  Once I brought a very detailed continent map of the campaign world that I play in (my friend Jim is our primary DM), and a former player said that she got the joke on the map.   I asked what joke.  She said the part of the map that was home to a large territory of the undead looked like the face in the painting The Executioner's Mask.  I said that was not my intent, and I merely modeled the territory to fit the previous descriptions of the area and surrounding geographic features.  I then looked at the area and realized that it did bear a resemblance to the face in the painting.  I am certain I did it unconsciously.Morale: Sometimes let the spirit move you when you design something.  You can come up with some pleasant surprises.The night before the first EN World Gameday, I was up late adding the finishing touches for characters in a game I DMed.  I only got three hours of sleep before going to Games Plus.  I surprised Eric Noah by mentally keeping track of monster hit points in a big battle with several characters and creatures.  Everyone seemed to have a good time.Morale:  While I do not recommend DMing on three hours of sleep, do try to take care of bookkeeping matters before a game.  The extra flourishes added to the characters, including a brief history, were appreciated by the players.</blockquote>

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