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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7344610" data-attributes="member: 6777696">As others have said, don't sweat it. DM'ing is a constant learning experience. Iserith's recommendation about trying to bite off small chunks of description and then roll out details in conversation with the players is a good one. It's not that you left the people out, you just haven't gotten around to describing them yet, but thanks for asking, let me tell you about them!When preparing to run published adventures, I find it very helpful to keep a highlighter and highlight details in the adventure as I read it. This helps me find the key details quickly at the table. That being said, I've never run an adventure out of one of the hardbacks before, so if you don't have an easy way to photo-copy or print out the adventure, you might not want to fill your hardback book with scribblings. (On the other hand, you bought the damn thing to run it, so depends on how squeamish you are about writing in books.)Sometimes I will actually reconstitute the adventure text into my own concise adventure notes, and I will leave the full text of the adventure to the side as reference only if I need it. This is a great way to think about the adventure, but it can be time consuming and it generally only works for me if am prepping an adventure at work. (Better desk and computer setup allows.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redrick, post: 7344610, member: 6777696"] As others have said, don't sweat it. DM'ing is a constant learning experience. Iserith's recommendation about trying to bite off small chunks of description and then roll out details in conversation with the players is a good one. It's not that you left the people out, you just haven't gotten around to describing them yet, but thanks for asking, let me tell you about them! When preparing to run published adventures, I find it very helpful to keep a highlighter and highlight details in the adventure as I read it. This helps me find the key details quickly at the table. That being said, I've never run an adventure out of one of the hardbacks before, so if you don't have an easy way to photo-copy or print out the adventure, you might not want to fill your hardback book with scribblings. (On the other hand, you bought the damn thing to run it, so depends on how squeamish you are about writing in books.) Sometimes I will actually reconstitute the adventure text into my own concise adventure notes, and I will leave the full text of the adventure to the side as reference only if I need it. This is a great way to think about the adventure, but it can be time consuming and it generally only works for me if am prepping an adventure at work. (Better desk and computer setup allows.) [/QUOTE]

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