Questions tagged [gm-preparation]

For questions about the techniques that game masters use to prepare for a game session. (For preparing a campaign, use the [campaign-development] tag instead.)

For questions about the techniques that game masters use to prepare for a game session, including (but not limited to) plot development, NPC creation, mapping, establishing appropriate opponents for player characters, and so on.

For questions about preparing a campaign, use the tag instead.

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As a DM, what are some good ways to study in preparation for an Adventure module?

I'm a new DM and I'm in the process of running my friends through the 5e LMoP starter adventure. We're a few sessions in and everyone is telling me that they're having a great time (yay!). However, we're getting to a point in the adventure where the…
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What would be good starting encounters in a village to start a campaign?

Following things are in the village area, a forest, lots of farms, a tavern, in the forest is an old battlefield. The PCs are green (lvl1,Novice, ...). The players like dark fantasy.
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How far ahead do you plan?

Iv written a simple intro session for my group that has not played for over a year. I took the time to set it up so the characters are part pre gened and you need only make 3 simple choices before we play (rolling a new character can take hours with…
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What size could be a gigantic water Pokémon?

I'm going to be a GM with 3 players, and we will be playing with the Pokémon Tabletop United rules. In these rules, there's a whole part about Shiny Pokémon, that aren't just Pokémon with another set of colours like in the games. I had an idea that…
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