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Message: <blockquote data-quote="turnip" data-source="post: 5509393" data-attributes="member: 95779">So far, my experience has been positive, but pretty overwhelming. Especially considering that one of the players is a complete n00b (but of course he pulls out some pretty fresh ideas and surprising moves).My main issue, I suppose, is that I have a wide, main story arc fleshed out, with smaller "major" events that pop up in different locations/times. However, I have a difficult time creating the connections to the dots...either how to get them from A to B, or if they go another route, how to interlace that with the story and provide them with a fun, meaningful game while I'm doing it.With a fully fleshed-out world, it may be easier, I think...but I don't know how much work I'm willing to put in to detailing every mile of the terrain (and I also don't want to pre-solidify things and negate player input). Also, coming up with meaningful encounters can be difficult. I hate just throwing random creeps at the players, but statting up an entire encounter fit for every possible player choice is overwhelming. Luckily enough, we play 4E, which is loose enough on the DM's side that modifying enemies to fit the level is pretty easy (so that lv.1 encounter with thieves can be modified to a lv.3 encounter with orcs or something).But, it's a lot of work, either way. I thought I was prepared, but I had no idea!</blockquote>