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<blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 9339580" data-attributes="member: 28487">To take your post in reverse. Yes, there is such a thing as too much preparation. This of course leads to the follow-up, how much is enough? Here the answer is more complicated but even though I am a fan of lazy DM prep, I think the correct answer is the amount of prep you think you need, for the next session.I would not design out to the level 9 encounters unless you think you will struggle with encounter prep tempo alongside the game progression.There is a good chance that detailed encounter level prep out that far will result in a lot of preparation that never gets used. I mostly run pre-made adventures, the group is pretty casual but there is a good chuck of the written material that never gets used. I do not see that as wasted prep, I never prepped it in the first place. I would not worry about awards and treasure until one gets to preparing the session. I find that treasure, particularly magic items and spell books and the like are party dependant and not just the characters but the type of players. What do they do with the treasure?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngainlyTitan, post: 9339580, member: 28487"] To take your post in reverse. Yes, there is such a thing as too much preparation. This of course leads to the follow-up, how much is enough? Here the answer is more complicated but even though I am a fan of lazy DM prep, I think the correct answer is the amount of prep you think you need, for the next session. I would not design out to the level 9 encounters unless you think you will struggle with encounter prep tempo alongside the game progression. There is a good chance that detailed encounter level prep out that far will result in a lot of preparation that never gets used. I mostly run pre-made adventures, the group is pretty casual but there is a good chuck of the written material that never gets used. I do not see that as wasted prep, I never prepped it in the first place. I would not worry about awards and treasure until one gets to preparing the session. I find that treasure, particularly magic items and spell books and the like are party dependant and not just the characters but the type of players. What do they do with the treasure? [/QUOTE]

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