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<blockquote data-quote="Morbog of Ghetto D" data-source="post: 2112524" data-attributes="member: 24252">Winging it continuedMy old Dm was in town last week...and we began talking about D&amp;D (he doenst play anymore?!?)&nbsp; any how....I asked &quot; Dude we played for like 14-16 hour sessions everyweek. How did you come up with so much material?&quot;&quot;Oh.&nbsp; I improvised.&nbsp; I'd have&nbsp; few things down that I needed/wanted to do. Everything else was done &quot;on the fly&quot;..&nbsp; As a player I never even noticed this...We played this campaign from (1989-2000) and it was &quot;awesome&quot;.&nbsp; So if its done well, they'll never know...Thinking on the fly is a key core trait to DMing..A few extra points...There are maps galore in &quot;dungeon&quot; and I keep new and old issues in my bag.&nbsp; There are also developed NPCs&nbsp; that you can &quot;snag&quot;...Gary Gyax just came out with a &quot;world book&quot; that has all the basic D&amp;D sites, tmeples, inns, keeps etc....I have found his resources to be really good.NPC NAmes-I keep a &quot;name your baby book&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; near by ....I routinely find cool names instantly.... The last was &quot;Zebulaon of the Horn&quot;&nbsp; a 12th Lvl Druid...Picking a &quot;bad&quot; name is a drag,&nbsp; because the players will always giggle laugh etc....But my players seemd to find it funny when I said &quot;flying butresses&quot;.... WE ARE ALL 27-32 YEARS OF AGE...&quot;you said butt!'Preparation:&nbsp; Im always 2 sessions ahead of the players&nbsp; on my &quot;Event timeline&quot;....before every session I spend hours trying to anticicpate how far the palyers will make it...They NEVER get that far...&nbsp; You can prepare too much though...I prepared an entire Inn with NPCs and 1-12 random rumors, and a Bard....The players bypassed the whole thing...&nbsp; You may consider this a waste, but I'll just use it somewhere else..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morbog of Ghetto D, post: 2112524, member: 24252"] [b]Winging it continued[/b] My old Dm was in town last week...and we began talking about D&D (he doenst play anymore?!?) any how....I asked " Dude we played for like 14-16 hour sessions everyweek. How did you come up with so much material?" "Oh. I improvised. I'd have few things down that I needed/wanted to do. Everything else was done "on the fly".. As a player I never even noticed this...We played this campaign from (1989-2000) and it was "awesome". So if its done well, they'll never know...Thinking on the fly is a key core trait to DMing.. A few extra points...There are maps galore in "dungeon" and I keep new and old issues in my bag. There are also developed NPCs that you can "snag"... Gary Gyax just came out with a "world book" that has all the basic D&D sites, tmeples, inns, keeps etc....I have found his resources to be really good. NPC NAmes-I keep a "name your baby book" near by ....I routinely find cool names instantly.... The last was "Zebulaon of the Horn" a 12th Lvl Druid... Picking a "bad" name is a drag, because the players will always giggle laugh etc....But my players seemd to find it funny when I said "flying butresses".... WE ARE ALL 27-32 YEARS OF AGE..."you said butt!' Preparation: Im always 2 sessions ahead of the players on my "Event timeline"....before every session I spend hours trying to anticicpate how far the palyers will make it... They NEVER get that far... You can prepare too much though...I prepared an entire Inn with NPCs and 1-12 random rumors, and a Bard....The players bypassed the whole thing... You may consider this a waste, but I'll just use it somewhere else.. [/QUOTE]

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