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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1619998" data-attributes="member: 990">You must be either joking unsuccessfully, or trolling.  I can't tell which. The players have to show up and roleplay one character.  All they need is the PHB or SRD, a character sheet, some paper and a pencil.   I have to own all the books, the counters or minis, the battlemat, the DM Screen and a bunch of other odds & ends.  I have to be thoroughly acquainted with all the rules, and with everything that has gone before.  I have to roleplay all the NPCs and be ready for anything the PCs might decide to do.  If a published adventure can help me with that, it's all to the good. I use published adventures as starting points, but my players have never, ever done things the way the book (or I) expected them to.  I spend between 8 and 10 hours preparing for each session, if I'm using a published adventure.  If I'm not, the time can double.  Since I have a full time job and a full time life, I don't really have that much time on a consistent basis. Lost Soul, how many times have you DMed a campaign?</blockquote>