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5. 300 Warm Up Questions. Every session I run I start with an in character warm up question. Not only does this get them thinking as their character but it also can do some world building or just give me info to use against them later.

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4. NPC Generator. I made a simple formula that can help you make interesting NPCs on the fly. You get 2 adjectives, a funny quirk, and sometimes even a pet with a funny quirk.

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3. Initiative Tracker. Having an itemized chart for initiative has helped me so much. With all the names, ac, hp laid out and space for conditions, and tick marks for who’s already taken a turn. It has helped make my combats run more smoothly.

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2. DonJon Treasure Generator. It’s easy to make a d20 loot table so make one for every session. Then I’ll have the player roll a d20 and improvise a bit with what s on the list. IME it has made for some great role-play and world building.

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1. 8 steps of session prep by sly flourish. Hand down the best thing to happen to my session prep. Having a framework for my notes every session has been super helpful for me.

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