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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tonym" data-source="post: 1511098" data-attributes="member: 4127">Wingering notes?...YES!!  Taking copious notes is vital if you're a Winger, IMO.  All Wingers should long remember the words of Tumber from the first page of this thread: "Woe to the winger who forgets to write down what he has winged, or wang, or whatever."To the folks who have said they like my strips...Thanks!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />WaterRabbit: WOW...great post.  Your five steps to becoming a balanced DM was awesome.  Me, I barely touched Step 4; but, on the other hand, I malingered in Step 1 for a long time, so it evens out.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />* * *Here is another example comparing and contrasting DMing Styles...Set-up: The DM pulls out his hand-drawn map of the town and shows it to the Players.  There are dozens of tiny boxes and rectangles, signifying buildings...PLANNER: The most interesting buildings are numbered one to thirty-five.  Those buildings are the town’s shops, taverns, temples, etc.  The un-numbered buildings are residences and stables.  Where do you want to go first?WINGER: Huh?  Which building is the temple?  Um...probably this big one.  Oh, wait, I already said that was the library.  I mean Town Hall.  Here, let me start writing this stuff on the map as I make it up... SADIST: Sorry, you can’t see my map unless your characters actually PURCHASE a map...and maps cost 1,000 gold pieces...which, I remind you, you do not have.  Hm?  What kind of map CAN you get for 200 gold?  Haha.  For 200 gold the town’s Cartographer will draw you a crude street-map in the dirt with a stick.RAILROADER: This building...HERE...is Duke Yulb’s estate.  As you arrive at the large, imposing double-doors...NEWBIE: That one’s a tavern.  That one’s a tavern.  That one’s a tavern...   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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