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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 1385778" data-attributes="member: 1368">Something I do and have done for many years is play out the scenes in your head of the Coming Session. If I know The characters are likely to go see the General. then I play out in my head thier potential Conversation. this gets me thinking aboutthe General and what he is thinking, His voice and mannerisms and such. I can't predict the players speech but after a while you have a good idea of what and how they will say things. I don't force this "vision" of the world on the players but it does help me plan things out. I play out combat scenes in my head and most everything in advance.think of it as previews for a TV show or movie. They show you things that are snippets of the movie/TV show to whet your appetite to get you going about what they are selling. Most times what they show isn't even a big part of the TV show/Movie. Your just previewing things to yourself.It helps not only get you excitied about the session but develops your skill in predicting players wants and wishes, lets you develop voices/personalities for your NPC's and helps you get things mentally organized.Also an interesting side affect is if your having a crappy day you tend to color your scenes witha tinge of pissed off. No reason not to let this affect the NPC. Who says becuase they have been nice to the PC's every time that one day they are just snippy to the player. Just have a reason. maybe home life isn't going well or work is getting to them. You'll find that if the PC has a relationship with the NPC they'll start wondering why the NPC is acting odd. They take an active interest in who the NPC is and why they feel/act certain ways. This leads to some great roleplaying sometimes. When a PC and NPC will sit sipping tea or wine talking about how much it stinks that he king has raised taxes. It adds that 3rd dimension to the NPC.Of course you can do Fights the same way. Picture the kobolds firing their Crossbows desperately at the PC's who continue moving toward the kobolds position hiding behind an overturned table. Picture them scrambling for the door and the squell of one Kobold dieing that suddenly breaks the rest of the Groups morale and they all scramble for safety away from those mad adventurers.just think about it when you have free time. Elevator rides, long tarffic lights, When work is boring you and you need a 5 minute break, during comercials etc. You would be surprised how much free time you have to play a short scene out in your head.later</blockquote>

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