I see some DMs with their 400 pages of notes going into session 0, and I’m just like “oh honey.” For me, it’s primarily a cooperative storytelling game, and you’re not being cooperative if you decide the story you want told up front.
I’m up to 24 pages of notes but in my defense about a third of that is recording what happened in previous sessions precisely because the party rarely does remotely what I was expecting and also I wanna remember the countless NPCs and relationships I came up with on the spot
I think you’re being uncharitable. Those notes could be a strict railroad novel, but they’re as or more likely to be drop-in encounters, fun characters, interesting places, and so on. Plus like…some DMs just enjoy worldbuilding for its own sake, let 'em cook.
I see some DMs with their 400 pages of notes going into session 0, and I’m just like “oh honey.” For me, it’s primarily a cooperative storytelling game, and you’re not being cooperative if you decide the story you want told up front.
I’m up to 24 pages of notes but in my defense about a third of that is recording what happened in previous sessions precisely because the party rarely does remotely what I was expecting and also I wanna remember the countless NPCs and relationships I came up with on the spot
Notes from sessions are great, notes for sessions will usually leave someone very disappointed.
I think you’re being uncharitable. Those notes could be a strict railroad novel, but they’re as or more likely to be drop-in encounters, fun characters, interesting places, and so on. Plus like…some DMs just enjoy worldbuilding for its own sake, let 'em cook.