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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4707407" data-attributes="member: 18280">I think that Celebrim was trying to distinguish between preparation where the DM plans how the encounters will go aforehand (i.e., is crafting an "adventure" in the terms that I was using), and preparation where the DM not only doesn't plan how the encounters will go, but in all probability isn't even certain that they will take place.This disconnect in the conversation, IMHO, comes from a lack of adequate definition, so that one person thinks A means B, whereas another thinks A means C, and a third A means D.We would probably be closer to some form of resolution (even simply agreeing to disagree) if we could first accept some mutually understood terms in which the conversation is taking place, and if those terms offered sufficient "texture" to describe the nuances under discussion.RC</blockquote>