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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 1261761" data-attributes="member: 2011">Doubtful.If someone is smart enough to shoot from the hip well, then they are also smart enough to do that ahead of time even better. Whether they choose to do that is a different issue.Agreed. I am not saying that people must have every detail worked out. Like in all things in life, moderation is the key.However, I would hazard a guess that even your game often runs more smoothly when you have fleshed out some details ahead of time as opposed to when you walk in cold.Many of the posters here on the boards are quick thinkers, but even the quickest of thinkers do better with a plan (and with preparation) then without one.I would also posit that prepared NPC opponents typically have more uniqueness and freshness than ones made up on the fly. When DMs prepare ahead of time, they can figure out new feats or new tactics or new personalities or new multiclass combinations to throw at their players. Unless a DM has the books memorized, it is difficult to combine classes and prestige classes and/or spells and/or feats to find a good fit unless he has done the same thing in the past (in which case, it will not be as unique or fresh).In fact, that is why the message boards are so popular. So that DMs can read new ideas and use them (i.e. by familiarizing themselves with them ahead of time) in their game.Even the quickest of thinkers would have a tough time suddenly coming up with the idea to combine Shrink Item and a 4000 pound rock and to place that shrunken rock over the doorframe of the NPC Wizards bedroom so that he can have a way to both damage any intruders coming through the door and to have him block off the room so that he has time to escape.Sure, if you've done this in the game before or read it here on the boards, you may think of it. But, I'll never buy into the idea that whimsical spur of the moment thought is as thorough as prepared thought for the same person. That might be that persons preference, but it will typically not be as well thought out."Chance favors the prepared mind"Food for thought, even for your game. <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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