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My understanding is that this is new; I certainly wasn't taught it as a Cub Scout (not that I was in Cub Scouts for long). I think there's probably a very different approach to wildlife nowadays as well. When we were at Philmont Scout Camp they showed us video of a different camp where the...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Dungeons & Dragons' Dungeon Master's Guide offers various ways to check for random encounters, suggesting anything from once an hour to just once during a long rest. The standard method usually involves rolling a d20, with an 18 or higher (a 15% chance) indicating...

Learn to Play Dungeons & Dragons Saturday, October 25 and the First Saturday of every month Calling all adult adventurers (Ages 18 and up)! Join us to play the legendary tabletop game, Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (2024 Rules). Whether you are a total beginner who wants to learn the basics...

Good lord. At that point you know what? I'll let the owlbear eat me.

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Camping in the wilderness offers breathtaking vistas and unforgettable memories, but as I learned the hard way on my hike in Philmont, it's the multitude of small discomforts that truly wear you down. These aren't climactic monster battles, but the insidious grind...

I understand this is frustrating, but please assume positive intent. I don't think any harm was meant by sharing a meme (I didn't get it at first either).

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. This mantra echoes through the mind of any experienced backpacker, a constant negotiation between necessity and comfort, safety and speed. Extended wilderness trips demand meticulous packing, where every item is weighed, scrutinized, and often grudgingly left...

I agree, to a point. The issue becomes that monsters can never sneak up on/pick off stragglers, because there NEVER are stragglers. Many monsters, especially those who operate in packs, rely on precisely this kind of vulnerability. My hike demonstrated how hard it is to keep up marching order...

Yeah, this is part of the challenge of party order that sort of gets static fast. My experience hiking (and the constant concerns that mountain lions were going to pick us off in the dark) is that it's actually really hard to march in a specific order for very long. Random things break this...

Right, theater of the mind makes this a little blurry. This is why "shooting into melee" is often ill-defined depending on the edition of D&D, because it implies someone is in front of someone else, and D&D resists that.

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In theory, party order is a neat line where everyone stays in place. In reality, boredom, fatigue, and rough terrain can all conspire to break it up. The rigid lines drawn on paper rarely survive the messy reality of dynamic environments and human (or adventuring...

I missed this issue for some reason, but this? This is the same premise behind Peter Adkison's The Primal Order: The Primal Order - Wikipedia The Primal Order is now known far more for the legal battles it created than the actual system. I do love the system's concept, but have had difficulty...