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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7151366" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>[ATTACH]85512[/ATTACH][ATTACH]85513[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>-How do you prep your campaigns? </strong></p><p><strong>-How much do you write before hand, and how much do you improvize? </strong></p><p><strong>-What is on your table during a session?</strong></p><p><strong>-And how long do your sessions generally last?</strong></p><p></p><p>As you can see in the pictures, I prep quite a lot, and our sessions generally last up to 8 hours. But then again, we don't play every week. So when we do play, we get a lot done. I tend to overprepare. I create maps of important locations, and write out elaborate descriptions of locations and npc's. I may end up not having to use a lot of it, and I tend to memorize most of it by writing it out. I find comfort in having it also written down, in case my memory fails me, or the players revisit a location, and I want to get all the details right again. Because it can be kind of hard to remember all the details after the players go back to a location from many sessions ago.</p><p></p><p>I make a lot of use of the laptop, both for looking up rules and documents, but also for playing music and sound effects. We have the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master Guide always on the table, along with a campaign specific book (in this case Stormwrack, for our pirate campaign). Any other books, such as a Monster Manual, are always within arm's reach, but we only grab it when we need it.</p><p></p><p>So, how do you prep?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 7151366, member: 6801286"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]85512._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]85513._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B]-How do you prep your campaigns? -How much do you write before hand, and how much do you improvize? -What is on your table during a session? -And how long do your sessions generally last?[/B] As you can see in the pictures, I prep quite a lot, and our sessions generally last up to 8 hours. But then again, we don't play every week. So when we do play, we get a lot done. I tend to overprepare. I create maps of important locations, and write out elaborate descriptions of locations and npc's. I may end up not having to use a lot of it, and I tend to memorize most of it by writing it out. I find comfort in having it also written down, in case my memory fails me, or the players revisit a location, and I want to get all the details right again. Because it can be kind of hard to remember all the details after the players go back to a location from many sessions ago. I make a lot of use of the laptop, both for looking up rules and documents, but also for playing music and sound effects. We have the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master Guide always on the table, along with a campaign specific book (in this case Stormwrack, for our pirate campaign). Any other books, such as a Monster Manual, are always within arm's reach, but we only grab it when we need it. So, how do you prep? [/QUOTE]
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