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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6969409" data-attributes="member: 6788736"><p>Ever walked through a forest? Or a jungle? Or looked at a map and seen contour lines?</p><p></p><p>Or watched Revenant where the bear is... <em>right there</em>.</p><p></p><p>Just start your encounter descriptions with: 'As you enter the clearing you spot a pack of wolves emerging from the treeline about 30' away...' or 'Rounding the bend on the road around a small hillock, you come across a band of Ogres crossing the road at a distance of 40'.. or 'As you come up the ridge line, you peer over it and into the dead ground on the other side. You notice a manticore taking a drink in the creekline on the other side, about 50' from your position' or 'As you wander through the barren bad-lands (checks passive perception of the PCs, notes two have a good enough bonus) you notice movement in the rocks around you. You two are not surprised, but the rest of you are as bandits open fire on your position...'</p><p></p><p>I mean dont do it all the time. Some encounters you want to start at longer range (to give your casters and ranged guys a chance to shine). 'As you cross the plains, you see a group of humanoids emerge from behind some trees around 300' away...'</p><p></p><p>But you dont need complex rules to do it. Just... DM it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 6969409, member: 6788736"] Ever walked through a forest? Or a jungle? Or looked at a map and seen contour lines? Or watched Revenant where the bear is... [I]right there[/I]. Just start your encounter descriptions with: 'As you enter the clearing you spot a pack of wolves emerging from the treeline about 30' away...' or 'Rounding the bend on the road around a small hillock, you come across a band of Ogres crossing the road at a distance of 40'.. or 'As you come up the ridge line, you peer over it and into the dead ground on the other side. You notice a manticore taking a drink in the creekline on the other side, about 50' from your position' or 'As you wander through the barren bad-lands (checks passive perception of the PCs, notes two have a good enough bonus) you notice movement in the rocks around you. You two are not surprised, but the rest of you are as bandits open fire on your position...' I mean dont do it all the time. Some encounters you want to start at longer range (to give your casters and ranged guys a chance to shine). 'As you cross the plains, you see a group of humanoids emerge from behind some trees around 300' away...' But you dont need complex rules to do it. Just... DM it. [/QUOTE]
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