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<blockquote data-quote="athos" data-source="post: 5275205" data-attributes="member: 32605">Sounds like you have mastered the hardest thing, which is making a villain or monster that is challenging but not a TPK, so I would gladly play at your table.&nbsp;I am like you in that the long term plots and storylines that are fun and interesting are really hard.&nbsp; But, I don't know anyone, even professional writers, that this comes easy to so I try to do the best I can and come up with something.&nbsp; I do have a secret resource though :&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Six_Dramatic_Situations" target="_blank">The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>&nbsp;It has some good plot ideas, theoretically ALL plot ideas.&nbsp;For names, when I am tired, there are a lot of Bobs, Steves, and Joes that end up in my games, but when I am on the ball I will try something like:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b" target="_blank">Character Name Generator</a>&nbsp;to generate names for me.&nbsp;As for maps, I couldn't make a decent map to save my life.&nbsp; So I steal, like crazy.&nbsp; If I find a map for a town, I use that as my town, just change the people that are in it.&nbsp; So I have used the city state of the invincible overlord many a time.&nbsp; Hommlet shows up all the time, etc.&nbsp; I have been gaming since '77 so I have built up quite the collection that I can scan in and use.&nbsp;For dungeons I do the same.&nbsp; I take a dungeon someone else made, repopulate it with my monsters, and then throw it into my game, presto, professional looking map.&nbsp; I can upload a jpg of it to image shack and link that to OpenRPG, do a little shading and the game is on.&nbsp;Trust me, I am noone's idea of a perfect DM, I am a much better player, but the game must go on.&nbsp; So when noone else will step up, I try to take my turn at it.&nbsp; It is work for me, not like back breaking ditch digging work, but still work to think of and write decent adventures.&nbsp; I don't know many, though I do know some, that it comes easy to, so don't worry that you have to struggle at times.&nbsp; Most of us do.&nbsp; If your players are DMs/GMs as well then they will certainly appreciate the break and will be supportive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="athos, post: 5275205, member: 32605"] Sounds like you have mastered the hardest thing, which is making a villain or monster that is challenging but not a TPK, so I would gladly play at your table. I am like you in that the long term plots and storylines that are fun and interesting are really hard. But, I don't know anyone, even professional writers, that this comes easy to so I try to do the best I can and come up with something. I do have a secret resource though : [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Six_Dramatic_Situations]The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] It has some good plot ideas, theoretically ALL plot ideas. For names, when I am tired, there are a lot of Bobs, Steves, and Joes that end up in my games, but when I am on the ball I will try something like: [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b]Character Name Generator[/url] to generate names for me. As for maps, I couldn't make a decent map to save my life. So I steal, like crazy. If I find a map for a town, I use that as my town, just change the people that are in it. So I have used the city state of the invincible overlord many a time. Hommlet shows up all the time, etc. I have been gaming since '77 so I have built up quite the collection that I can scan in and use. For dungeons I do the same. I take a dungeon someone else made, repopulate it with my monsters, and then throw it into my game, presto, professional looking map. I can upload a jpg of it to image shack and link that to OpenRPG, do a little shading and the game is on. Trust me, I am noone's idea of a perfect DM, I am a much better player, but the game must go on. So when noone else will step up, I try to take my turn at it. It is work for me, not like back breaking ditch digging work, but still work to think of and write decent adventures. I don't know many, though I do know some, that it comes easy to, so don't worry that you have to struggle at times. Most of us do. If your players are DMs/GMs as well then they will certainly appreciate the break and will be supportive. [/QUOTE]

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