Recent content by Bobble

So, HOW is it ambiguous? You have NOT stated how that is so

ambiguous: doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness. NO it is NOT ambiguous at all. That is how it is mostly done in RPGs. The player decides describes what his character is doing or trying to do. THEN the GM takes over and describes the results.

Yes. Explain? Well, it has been done countless times in the past. Most RPing games you now play started this way.:erm:

Considering that for 99.999% of the population "resurrection magic" is not a factor I doubt there would be real impetus to change the wording you are worried about.

Try to find someone to give you DMing lessons if that is the limit of your repertoire

I play with adults (no matter their real age) and if they aren't mature enough to not meta-game they are gone. Pretty simple.

At the rate low level PCs move that should never be a problem for a good DM. As long as you know the area 30 miles around them no problem. 30 miles in typical medieval settings could take days to traverse. ALL kinds of trouble to keep them busy in one session.

To create an entire campaign from scratch can take months. To get it together enough to start playing? A week, tops.

"A monster with tremorsense can detect and pinpoint the origin of vibrations within a specific radius..." A wall doesn't make vibrations. Neither does a hole. So, "walking around in the dark" could be very hazardous.

Look in the 1st Ed DMG

Here's how I DM it. The fighter is surrounded by 10 guys 5' feet away. The fighter attacks the two in front of him. The 8 remaining guys grab his legs, torso and arms. The fighter managed to kill both in front of him but the remaining 1,400 lbs. of muscle pin him to the ground.

Yes, yes. And given that ~99% of encounters are with things that touch the ground my recommendation stands.

In a nutshell. Every type of D&D game existed in the beginning as does now. How do I know? Because I've been playing since the beginning in many different parts of the country and indeed, in many countries.

There will always be those few who over think the simple. Role playing is role playing. It has been around since the dawn of time. Children do it instinctively.

100% correct. It is easy to use role playing in place of social mechanics vs. trying to adjudicate combat without mechanics.