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<blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 1406357" data-attributes="member: 11751">I usually never ad lib.&nbsp; However, I have found that it is frustrating, as a new DM, that sometimes my players will do things that I havent planned for or arent picking up on clues.&nbsp; I guess my problem is that I am a narrative DM and I like flowery flavour text that I write myself.&nbsp; Sometimes players wont want to go into a dungeon I planned or a certain area that I spent lots of time detailing, but I have learned that this is pretty standard for d&amp;d so I am also learning to be more adaptable to their decisions.&nbsp; What its all about is making sure that the players have fun and that they come back for more.&nbsp; Thus, I am trying to &quot;chill out&quot; with the prep work and totally letting my players go buck wild in our new campaign.&nbsp; We're starting a Midnight campaign tomorrow and truth be told, other than working out some notes for the key encounters and a few NPCs, I am letting the players pick and choose their way.&nbsp; Im a little nervous about being so unprepared, but maybe this will bring new life to our gaming group?&nbsp; Perhaps tomorrow I can repost in this thread and say: &quot;how much do I adlib? 100%, my players love it!&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Here is to hoping it goes well! Cheers,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gregor, post: 1406357, member: 11751"] I usually never ad lib. However, I have found that it is frustrating, as a new DM, that sometimes my players will do things that I havent planned for or arent picking up on clues. I guess my problem is that I am a narrative DM and I like flowery flavour text that I write myself. Sometimes players wont want to go into a dungeon I planned or a certain area that I spent lots of time detailing, but I have learned that this is pretty standard for d&d so I am also learning to be more adaptable to their decisions. What its all about is making sure that the players have fun and that they come back for more. Thus, I am trying to "chill out" with the prep work and totally letting my players go buck wild in our new campaign. We're starting a Midnight campaign tomorrow and truth be told, other than working out some notes for the key encounters and a few NPCs, I am letting the players pick and choose their way. Im a little nervous about being so unprepared, but maybe this will bring new life to our gaming group? Perhaps tomorrow I can repost in this thread and say: "how much do I adlib? 100%, my players love it!" :) Here is to hoping it goes well! Cheers, [/QUOTE]

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