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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3667991" data-attributes="member: 13966">I improvise most of the stuff in my games.&nbsp; I stat up and write descriptions for most of the important NPCs (like ones that will be traveling with the group for a bit and might get involved in combat, or ones they may go to for assistance of some sort, in case I need to know what spells or items they should have available; don't want to accidentally include a too-powerful NPC in a place where one really shouldn't be bothering to hang around).And I usually prepare monster/enemy stats, or choose which ones I'll be using from the Monster Manual or whatever, beforehand.&nbsp; But I also have the occasional truly-random encounter.&nbsp; I improvise NPC stats once in a while where needed, and it usually goes alright.&nbsp; I prepare a bit of material on any given town or other significant landmark, but generally improvise.&nbsp; Only for the occasional game where I have lots of prep time or energy/enthusiasm do I make a lot of detailed preparation material, as I did for my first game DMing.Overall I'd say I'm fairly good at improvisation as a DM, though not great (I really do think that moderate or significant preparations are best, I just don't have the time and focus anymore to do that much usually).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3667991, member: 13966"] I improvise most of the stuff in my games. I stat up and write descriptions for most of the important NPCs (like ones that will be traveling with the group for a bit and might get involved in combat, or ones they may go to for assistance of some sort, in case I need to know what spells or items they should have available; don't want to accidentally include a too-powerful NPC in a place where one really shouldn't be bothering to hang around). And I usually prepare monster/enemy stats, or choose which ones I'll be using from the Monster Manual or whatever, beforehand. But I also have the [I]occasional[/I] truly-random encounter. I improvise NPC stats once in a while where needed, and it usually goes alright. I prepare a bit of material on any given town or other significant landmark, but generally improvise. Only for the occasional game where I have lots of prep time or energy/enthusiasm do I make a lot of detailed preparation material, as I did for my first game DMing. Overall I'd say I'm fairly good at improvisation as a DM, though not great (I really do think that moderate or significant preparations are best, I just don't have the time and focus anymore to do that much usually). [/QUOTE]

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