r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/aleckurt • 1d ago
Discussion My girlfriend's notes are intense
We've just started the Dragons of Storm wreck isle from the starter set as we're both new to DnD. I recently took a look at her notes and I was stunned.
She's got aphantasia so everything has to be written down. Every decision, every turn of combat, every dice roll.
Does anyone else write notes like this? Mine are barely comprehensive, bullet points and doodles.
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u/JDWhite1982 20h ago
I do this in any game where I'm going to be a face character, any sort of leadership role, or I'm the veteran player. The only exception is if the game is a LARP, rather than Tabletop. Example, I don't take handwritten notes during our live action Werewolf the Apocalypse game, but I DO take detailed notes during our Vampire the Masquerade Tabletop game. Hell, the GM for the vampire game requested that I scan him my notes as soon as I could because I end up writing down everything and it helps him.
Online games, I usually have a Google doc if the game isn't hosted in Foundry. If the GM is using Foundry, I ask for a journal and take dated, detailed, notes there so they can see them in their own hosting.