New Posts For Thread: DMs: How do you do your session plans?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plansHey everybody. I'm a longtime 3.5e and Pathfinder DM, and I'm trying to up my game. I find that I spend way, way too much time prepping my sessions. 4-6 hours sometimes for a 3-4 hour game. These are 100% custom adventures in a homegrown world, but sHey all, great thread. Many good ideas and conversation about exactly what is needed and how to get all that material together. I posted a blurb about my DM kit back on page 2 or 3; the further discussion inspired me to talk a bit more about that. Ihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plans?post_id=526326295#526326295Hey all, great thread. Many good ideas and conversation about exactly what is needed and how to get all that material together. I posted a blurb about my DM kit back on page 2 or 3; the further discussion inspired me to talk a bit more about that. ISat, 24 Nov 2012 08:50:52 -0600I've got some experience in this realm and I hope this helps:I start with a post-it note and a pre-written scenario. My sessions are 3.5 hours long on thursday nights and we have 4-5 players at every session (for 30 years).I read my sceanrio and makhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plans?post_id=526315535#526315535I've got some experience in this realm and I hope this helps:I start with a post-it note and a pre-written scenario. My sessions are 3.5 hours long on thursday nights and we have 4-5 players at every session (for 30 years).I read my sceanrio and makFri, 23 Nov 2012 18:45:55 -0600Generally, I only plan out the "IMPORTANT INFORMATION!" What counts as 'important' depends on what, specifically, I'm aiming for.I always have all my monsters statted up well in advance of a session (usually two or three weeks early, so I can tinkerhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plans?post_id=526297271#526297271Generally, I only plan out the "IMPORTANT INFORMATION!" What counts as 'important' depends on what, specifically, I'm aiming for.I always have all my monsters statted up well in advance of a session (usually two or three weeks early, so I can tinkerFri, 23 Nov 2012 03:23:16 -0600Good for you. That does not, however, justify telling people that their way of DMing is bad.I don't particularly care how many inhabitants Iomandra has, and frankly the only people I'd mark off as "important" would be the people that the PCs are goihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plans?post_id=526296713#526296713Good for you. That does not, however, justify telling people that their way of DMing is bad.I don't particularly care how many inhabitants Iomandra has, and frankly the only people I'd mark off as "important" would be the people that the PCs are goiFri, 23 Nov 2012 02:16:50 -0600I'm running a campaign that's about to start it's 3rd year, so yes, there's a lot of notes. The PC's have met quite a few important NPCs, made friends and enemies, etc. Have you read Chris Perkins' DM Experience? How many pages of notes do youhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29478255/DMs:_How_do_you_do_your_session_plans?post_id=526279207#526279207I'm running a campaign that's about to start it's 3rd year, so yes, there's a lot of notes. The PC's have met quite a few important NPCs, made friends and enemies, etc. Have you read Chris Perkins' DM Experience? How many pages of notes do youThu, 22 Nov 2012 09:18:07 -0600