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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5971033" data-attributes="member: 9037">I always have a few planned encounters drawn up because it makes my job easier at the table. For example I knew in the last session the party was going to head towards Barrow's Edge because they knew a former member of the party and his child was in danger. So I planned several encounters that might happen on their way there. They were designed to give hints to what is going on. For example the world has never seen undead ever. They encountered undead.As for random encounters I don't use a table I roll to see if while they are camping any of the enemy who are in these woods comes across them. I play it by ear. The more they go out of their way to conceal the camp the less likely it will get spotted.&nbsp; I&nbsp; take things into consideration that they have horses with them. Which can attract predators. It is harder to conceal scent. I don't railroad my players I throw out plot hooks and see which ones they bite at. Sometimes they come up with good ideas that I take and run with. I find it interesting that you consider a DM who has planned encounters as railroading as opposed to being prepared to run the game. In this last session they had three ways to go I planned encounters based on what was going on in those areas. I have a notebook of each area and its denizens so I just open that to find what I need to run an encounter on the fly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 5971033, member: 9037"] I always have a few planned encounters drawn up because it makes my job easier at the table. For example I knew in the last session the party was going to head towards Barrow's Edge because they knew a former member of the party and his child was in danger. So I planned several encounters that might happen on their way there. They were designed to give hints to what is going on. For example the world has never seen undead ever. They encountered undead. As for random encounters I don't use a table I roll to see if while they are camping any of the enemy who are in these woods comes across them. I play it by ear. The more they go out of their way to conceal the camp the less likely it will get spotted. I take things into consideration that they have horses with them. Which can attract predators. It is harder to conceal scent. I don't railroad my players I throw out plot hooks and see which ones they bite at. Sometimes they come up with good ideas that I take and run with. I find it interesting that you consider a DM who has planned encounters as railroading as opposed to being prepared to run the game. In this last session they had three ways to go I planned encounters based on what was going on in those areas. I have a notebook of each area and its denizens so I just open that to find what I need to run an encounter on the fly. [/QUOTE]

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