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Message: <blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6875478" data-attributes="member: 85870">I've found for me that the free OneNote app that comes with every Hotmail account works best for me. It lets me easily embed images on pages, keeps everything organized, and I never have to worry about transferring my work between computers, since it's all in the cloud. My sections are as follows:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scene Framing - This is sort of my mental train-of-thoughts around what the players are doing, and how I expect various things inside the game world will respond to what the characters are doing. Note that this is NOT in any way intended to create a "plot" or action sequence to which the players must inevitably arrive. Usually these are broader, big picture thoughts and ideas about what might happen if the PCs choose to do certain things, but I've gotten to the point where I have absolutely no problem throwing stuff out or ignoring entire swaths entirely if the PCs seem to be interested in other things. This will evolve fairly significantly over the course of a campaign, or even from session to session. Typically I'll create 1-4 more specific encounter scenarios that could plausibly arise from within a particular scene frame. Again, the idea here is not to force the PCs down any course of action, merely to try and make responses to the PCs actions remain consistent with the game world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Places and Organizations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NPCs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Encounters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Grab bag / Scratchpad - I use this when I end up creating something on the spot, like an NPC, tavern, magic item, weapon, etc. It helps me remember names, basic traits, descriptions, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Session Logs</li> </ul></blockquote>

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