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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9596464" data-attributes="member: 29398">Reading that, it seems we're not all that different, you and I; both in strengths and aspirations.I don't build the great-looking sets you do (honestly, I just don't have the patience!), though the flip-side is this leaves more flexibility in where they go/what they do next.I too lose track of details, most notably if I make up an NPC's name on the fly it's nearly guaranteed I'll have forgotten it a half-hour later.  And while "write it down" is the obvious comeback to this, I can't write and talk at the same time and don't want to interrupt my talking to write (also it'd be a too-obvious meta-clue that I'm winging the encounter).The attendance piece you note as an aspiration in fact points to a strength we both share: commitment.  Nothing ruins a game faster than a DM who isn't committed to running it.Edit to add: one aspiration I have is to work on pacing - not that I mind a slow pace but I'd like to do something about the stop-dead points that happen because I get roped into table chatter or just can't think up anything for what happens next if-when I'm winging it.</blockquote>