What's In Your GM Folder?

[carpedavid]

I'm currently running the Land of the Crane, a setting inspired by the folklore and mythology of feudal Japan, so I have:

• Three lists of Japanese names (male first names, female first names, and family names)
• A calendar for the game world, which I mark up as time passes.
• The complied notes for the setting.
• The notes for the current session, which may include maps, handouts, encounter ideas, NPC character sheets, etc.
• The notes for each of the previous sessions, which allows me to pull out old NPC character sheets and reuse the stats.

I think that's it.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

i pile a bunch of junk behind the screen so the players think i've got something prepared. and i wing the rest.

Spoiler

actually, i have several 3 ring binders full of possibilities. 25+ years of notes at hand just in case.

Heh...I do pretty much the same.

Actually, I have a page of notes, the monsters I want to use (if any) bookmarked with small sticky notes, and I wing it.

 

[Arnwyn]

Off the top of my head, my folder contains:

- campaign world calendar
- PC XP/info sheet
- monster hp/initiative sheet
- the current adventure
- campaign outline
- NPC sheet (NPCs the PCs have met and may likely meet again)
- notepad