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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAlkaizer" data-source="post: 8225998" data-attributes="member: 7024893">In this case...I tend to end most sessions on a note where I have a pretty good idea of where things will go next. Doesn't always work. But when I can, I do that. It allows me to prepare more effectively. It's very hard to prepare when next session is right after a big closure and there's not anything floating.That being said. My notes generally fall within two categories:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'll have some bullet points of things I have prepared. The general structure. Places, events or challenges they will most likely encounter. Ex: last session they were on their way to meet a crimelord. In most cases, he'll offer them a mission. This will most likely lead them to this town. Obviously, sometimes things don't go that way.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tend to write a few keywords for descriptions of places and locations. A few words, things they can see, hear, smell or touch. It's generally half a dozen keywords so I don't forget stuff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tend to have the names of my NPCs, a few words of descriptions and one word that describes their attitude or personality for when I roleplay them: snarky, nervous, bored, insulting, helpful. This is especially true when my players are in or will be in a city with a ton of NPCs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lore and exposition. If I know that I'll have go give some important exposition or lore, I write down the information I want to give. For example, in one of my Starfinder sessions, my party was on the verge of making their way into a criminal's room in an hotel. I knew that they would find: proof of his association with a terrorist organization. I also knew what information they needed to get from that to be able to move further in the plot. I didn't know how they would get it. But some of it could be shared through simple Recall Knowledge rolls depending on where the PCs were from, what their backgrounds are, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sometimes I'll write down quick reminders of some rules I don't use often but might come handy. For example, the skills in Starfinder have pretty precise cases of use. You don't just guess the DC. A specific distance to jump will lead to a specific DC. That's something I might scribble.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generic content. I always have at least one combat encounters, one interesting NPC and one interesting event that can be plugged anywhere. A traveling merchant that can show up anytime, a thief that steals their purse as he passes them, etc. These can be used to fill some voids and are especially useful if the session goes in a very random direction.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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