I havent DMd in awhile, but I did for almost 20 years straight. Ive never been a PC actually, always the DM...
I find it far easier to just lay out the world then wing the details. Ill note take only after the idea has been played out. Its convient because all it takes is to make your game or world to linear or tight, and one jack ass player to off the wrong person of whatnot and everything stalls without major DM tweaking, cheating, or the "You cant do that!" gimmicks to stop player free action.
By flowing loosely through a game I can keep it completely open to whatever courses i might suddenly decide on, the players know they have freedom of action at all times (even if its to their detriment, which is more fun for me) and im saved years of work from having to write, map and create insanely detailed filler material that may or may not be used.
Thats just me and my style though, everyone is different.
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I have to many alts...
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