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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7721048" data-attributes="member: 5100">In general, I'd say that's no prep. I consider myself a &quot;wing it&quot; GM, most of the time. It doesn't bother me one iota to whip out the Monster Manual. Sometimes, I do actually create a custom/modified monster. That's the exception, though, not the rule and doesn't make me any less a &quot;wing it&quot; GM than when the &quot;meticulous prep&quot; GM has players who start asking about the blacksmith's family and whether he has relatives in Aundair.The question of maps, though, makes me think: Is using published adventures -- and becoming deeply familiar with them -- considered prep or no prep? I'd lean towards prep, but it's a different kind of prep than the guy who rolls his own. Any doofus can flip open a published adventure and read boxed text, roll dice, etc. It takes some effort (and talent) to do it well.Just using the map, though, and making stuff up as you go? That's totally winging it. Same league as stats in the Monster Manual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7721048, member: 5100"] In general, I'd say that's no prep. I consider myself a "wing it" GM, most of the time. It doesn't bother me one iota to whip out the Monster Manual. Sometimes, I do actually create a custom/modified monster. That's the exception, though, not the rule and doesn't make me any less a "wing it" GM than when the "meticulous prep" GM has players who start asking about the blacksmith's family and whether he has relatives in Aundair. The question of maps, though, makes me think: Is using published adventures -- and becoming deeply familiar with them -- considered prep or no prep? I'd lean towards prep, but it's a different kind of prep than the guy who rolls his own. Any doofus can flip open a published adventure and read boxed text, roll dice, etc. It takes some effort (and talent) to do it well. Just using the map, though, and making stuff up as you go? That's totally winging it. Same league as stats in the Monster Manual. [/QUOTE]

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