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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 5372828" data-attributes="member: 6092">Everchanging Book of Namesmarkers and a plexiglas over a grid map.electronic copies of the map that I can mark or annotate in some way to keep notes.OneNote - or any note keeping device, down to pen and paper if needed.  Notes of last time and my own campaign notes, which include a good working knowledge of the world and my plans for the NPCs in it.  I think about this sort of thing a lot during the week and know what would happen if the PCs never showed up and start changing everything.  Then, I go with the flow and run it based on how things are happening.  This might mean making up an encounter or dungeon on the fly, which I am good at with a lot of experience doing as it is the style I prefer or at least have developed over the years. I admit that I don't know the 4E monsters stats as well as I could but as others have said, I find something close and then use those stats with a little changing to make it fit what they are actually fighting.  I also listen to what the players do and and others suggested, use it if I can.  I have to balance it out with what I have already done if I don't think it fits well.  Besides, then they don't feel that everything works out exactly as they thought.  A combination of what everyone has said with some other tools to help me improv the situation.</blockquote>