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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4819067" data-attributes="member: 64209"><p>Yep, at least according to what I've been reading, that the people in these threads wanting not a "dungeon crawl" (including myself) would say that a "make your way through the swamp of terror, killing your way through 20 encounters of monsters and a few humans up to no good, to kill the big bad enemy at the other side of the swamp" is still a dungeon crawl, even if it is above ground.</p><p> </p><p>That's why I included those quotes in my original post, as the other threads got into the semantics of "What is a dungeon crawl anyway"?</p><p> </p><p>I'd have to say, having played KotS, that it absolutely qualifies as a dungeon crawl, in my opinion, including those parts you mention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I don't, however, mean to shut down conversations as to what a dungeon crawl is in this thread, by the way, I'd say that's totally fair game. Maybe that is part of the problem when one asks why there are so few 4e adventures that are not dungeon crawls...an overly wide net for what IS a dungeon crawl?</p><p> </p><p>In essence, I'm using "dungeon crawl" to mean <strong>"the players move from combat to combat with little or no chance to make any meaningful choices other than how they are going to kill the current and/or next group of baddies".</strong></p><p> </p><p>More plot, more out of combat roleplaying, more "influencing the world through decision making", etc is the sort of adventure that I believe people have been categorizing as "not dungeon crawls".</p><p> </p><p>YMMV, and if it does, please say why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 4819067, member: 64209"] Yep, at least according to what I've been reading, that the people in these threads wanting not a "dungeon crawl" (including myself) would say that a "make your way through the swamp of terror, killing your way through 20 encounters of monsters and a few humans up to no good, to kill the big bad enemy at the other side of the swamp" is still a dungeon crawl, even if it is above ground. That's why I included those quotes in my original post, as the other threads got into the semantics of "What is a dungeon crawl anyway"? I'd have to say, having played KotS, that it absolutely qualifies as a dungeon crawl, in my opinion, including those parts you mention. I don't, however, mean to shut down conversations as to what a dungeon crawl is in this thread, by the way, I'd say that's totally fair game. Maybe that is part of the problem when one asks why there are so few 4e adventures that are not dungeon crawls...an overly wide net for what IS a dungeon crawl? In essence, I'm using "dungeon crawl" to mean [B]"the players move from combat to combat with little or no chance to make any meaningful choices other than how they are going to kill the current and/or next group of baddies".[/B] More plot, more out of combat roleplaying, more "influencing the world through decision making", etc is the sort of adventure that I believe people have been categorizing as "not dungeon crawls". YMMV, and if it does, please say why. [/QUOTE]
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