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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3591928" data-attributes="member: 13966">I focus more on the areas the PCs are in or heading towards, but I do a lot of random stuff for my homebrews.  I don't usually go into deep detail with any particular thing though, leaving stuff open for others to fill in.  I don't wanna straightjacket PCs into behaving within rigid codes or restrict their character choices too much.But I do try to define a decent number of organizations, customs, nations, and whatnot for players to use during character creation.  I don't detail everything about a kingdom or organization, but I can fill in the blanks later if a player asks for more info about it.  I leave a lot of little details off of maps and only bother putting in great detail for small areas that need it.  I only map out or detail cities that the PCs head towards, and I usually only put in enough detail to make them seem well-thought-out; I ad lib the rest if it comes up, and I'm pretty decent at that.I figure out details on the most important NPCs in any town the PCs are headed to (as in, those NPCs the PCs may meet).  As often or not I make up the names, appearance, and other details for an NPC on the fly, since the PCs usually run into NPCs I haven't prepared or that just weren't important enough to need detail earlier.</blockquote>