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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 94450" data-attributes="member: 4">This thread is a companion to the "What are your failings as a DM"?  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6497" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6497</a>Among my strengths are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, an almost fanatical dedication....  ACK!Among my strengths are:Interesting environments:  I think in 3D when I'm planning buildings, rooms, etc. that will be combat areas.  I think about ledges, arrow slits from one area into another, chasms, obsticals, places to gain cover, etc.  Interesting combat encounters:  I typically have a good mix of critters and NPCs in any given encounter.Developing encounters to allow a particular PC to shine.Developing choke-points in adventures that aren't obvious.  You know, like in a computer game where you need a specific key to enter the next part of the dungeon, but mine are never as obvious as keys or even physical objects.  Making "dungeons" semi-logical, at least doing a mental walkthrough to see where the inhabitants might keep falling into pits and so forth.  <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=":)" />Developing interesting campaign premises -- the "hook" that the whole campaign revolves around. Campaign continuity -- logging adventures so folks can refer back to those notes between sessions.</blockquote>

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