Am I the only concision freak?

[Ry]

I do this, and I wonder if other DMs do;

Do you endlessly render your notes more and more concise? I sure do. And it's not just my campaign notes - I do this for rules, too.

Instead of a DMG, I just use the Reference Sheets. Instead of a Monster Manual, I use a 1-page chart with average values for important stats at each level (like the DCs for spell-like abilities)

These days, I never touch the books; just the Reference Sheets, my monster chart, and my 20 pages of campaign notes.

Am I the only one who does this?

 

[fusangite]

Probably not but I can't help. I'm just as likely to do the reverse and break Monster Manual stats out onto full-blown character sheets.

 

[Enkhidu]

[Apropos]No.[/Apropos]

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Yes. My notes are often so concise that I forget what they are about.








The sad thing is, this is true. Am I not pitiful?

 

[pogre]

I'm the opposite. I write out most of my adventures fully. Each encounter has "boxed" text and summaries of likely paths PCs might take. I include complete stat blocks for every creature. I also include summaries of every ability or spell they may use and include rules for strategies they might employ like grappling or over run. I include buffed up stats and anything else I might need.

My goal is to use no books and keep the adventure going quickly - writing this stuff up also allows me to review the material and know it better at the table.

 

[the Jester]

Heh... I'm continually expanding and updating and enlarging my campaign documents. Currently my 'in progress' doc (from which I cut and paste to my 'feats,' 'spells,' 'prestige classes,' etc. docs) contains dozens of feats, prolly about a dozen prcs, and a speckling of spells. Periodically, when there's enough new stuff to justify it, I reprint and rebind it

 

[Algolei]

My notes get typed up on the computer, so: First I expand my notes, then I pare them down for printing purposes.

But I save all versions. A few of my most important notes are saved ten or twelve times in nearly identical files!

 

[Fenes]

No. I write adventures not out, and I use a laptop at the gaming table, so I can use my campaign sourcebooks with hyperlinks, especially useful for the NPC/location file.

 

[scourger]

concise is better

I use initiative cards. I used to fill them out for the foes. Now I just use a name, initiative count, and hit points. So, I have goten more concise.

I also value a concise product. A little bit of information goes a long way.

 

[WayneLigon]

Concise is always good. I generally run with a few statblocks, with some annotations such as special weird effects of spell-like abilities, and the DC's.