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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8201267" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>It's been a long week and it's only Wednesday. Sorry.</p><p></p><p>However, my point stands. If it's a small room and there's 5 things to search, why am I not just going to go down the list? What value does it add? In my real world example there are probably a couple dozen places to search and that's just one room. I didn't even mention the pictures on the wall. How do you describe searching a curio cabinet filled with miscellaneous knick-knacks?</p><p></p><p>If it works for you, great. I've just never had anyone explain how it would work if a room has anything other than a bed and a dresser ... and if that's all there is why wouldn't I just search the bed and the dresser? If you mentioned a bed, a dresser and a picture on the wall and the safe is in the wall behind the picture, do I just not find the safe because I forgot the picture was there or I missed that in your description? How do you go into enough detail so people actually know what to search?</p><p></p><p>It's an honest question. How would you have someone search that very simple room much less anything as cluttered as my great room? </p><p></p><p>But this is also nothing new. Back in ye olden days I had a DM ask me to describe how my rogue was picking the lock. I mean, how the heck would I know? My PC is the rogue (well, thief back then) he's the one who knows how, not me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8201267, member: 6801845"] It's been a long week and it's only Wednesday. Sorry. However, my point stands. If it's a small room and there's 5 things to search, why am I not just going to go down the list? What value does it add? In my real world example there are probably a couple dozen places to search and that's just one room. I didn't even mention the pictures on the wall. How do you describe searching a curio cabinet filled with miscellaneous knick-knacks? If it works for you, great. I've just never had anyone explain how it would work if a room has anything other than a bed and a dresser ... and if that's all there is why wouldn't I just search the bed and the dresser? If you mentioned a bed, a dresser and a picture on the wall and the safe is in the wall behind the picture, do I just not find the safe because I forgot the picture was there or I missed that in your description? How do you go into enough detail so people actually know what to search? It's an honest question. How would you have someone search that very simple room much less anything as cluttered as my great room? But this is also nothing new. Back in ye olden days I had a DM ask me to describe how my rogue was picking the lock. I mean, how the heck would I know? My PC is the rogue (well, thief back then) he's the one who knows how, not me. [/QUOTE]
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