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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8085766" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I should clarify, I am not opposed to prep-work or structure. On the contrary, I think having a solid structure for your adventure is an extremely valuable tool, and as a DM who struggles with improvising, it’s a tool I make heavy use of. When I talk about “DMs who pre-plan a story” I’m not talking about having an idea where you think the campaign is going to go, nor about having a hook, structure, and resolution in mind (three very valuable things to have in your adventure prep!”) nor about using serialized storytelling elements such as foreshadowing. I’m talking about DMs who have specific outcomes in mind and try to force the game towards those outcomes.I mostly run published modules (though I personalize them heavily,) so I’m no stranger to serialized narrative elements in my adventures. But I try to follow the old chestnut (which I think was coined by The Alexandrian): “don’t prep plots, prep scenarios.”</blockquote>