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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostknight" data-source="post: 1439879" data-attributes="member: 15338">Well, over the years I have developed a technique that seems to follow much of what others here are doing1) Detail the general history of the world, broad outlines that covers major information for players so they have a top level perspective.2) Detail necessary information for character creation - things like any specific house rules for play, deities t be used etc.  Specific groups that may be brought into play I will detail and the rest I detail as the campaign progresses and they are viable character choices or goals or I need them for my plots (they then enter the realm of general knowledge)3) I like to leave my adventures open enough to allow player freedom while moving towards some overall campaign goal.  Thus I note possible adventure paths and details of what characters need to fulfill to complete that path - this list includes major NPCs and their histories, stats for encounters (I don't detail each orc but will detail their necessary combat and non-combat stats), CRs for traps etc and plot hooks.4) I also have a few generic encounters/ monster stats ready to throw in along the way if the players do something and take me by surprise.  This includes some NPCs I have written up and detailed with no specific goal until I need them or just encounters of varying CR to utilise.  Hopefully the players cannot tell the difference and thus don't know when the DM is caught off guard!  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

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