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Why is wotc still aiming for PCs with 10 *real word* feet of range? W/o vision range penalty/limit rules for the GM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 9021239" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>Well, I asked how the table's location affects its utility, but your response seems to be about the utility of the DMG. I agree that the DMG is probably less useful for not including an encounter distance table, but the table retains its utility on the DM's screen and is probably more accessible there as well, for use, you know, in an actual game.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Right, so it would seem that limiting encounter distance would solve these problems. Procedures for determining such distances are part of the earliest editions of D&D. I think they haven't been included in this edition (except for the optional chart on the screen) because of a move away from procedures that might be seen to constrain the DM, so that the default method is for the DM to decide the distance, any procedure being supplemental to that decision making. Nevertheless, the DM needs to make a decision, and the latitude granted to the DM gives rise to the possibility of an inappropriate distance being chosen. There could probably be better guidance for this in the rulebooks, in a section on encounter design. Without that, I would say it's simply a matter of DM skill that is likely to develop in response to running into these issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 9021239, member: 6787503"] Well, I asked how the table's location affects its utility, but your response seems to be about the utility of the DMG. I agree that the DMG is probably less useful for not including an encounter distance table, but the table retains its utility on the DM's screen and is probably more accessible there as well, for use, you know, in an actual game. Right, so it would seem that limiting encounter distance would solve these problems. Procedures for determining such distances are part of the earliest editions of D&D. I think they haven't been included in this edition (except for the optional chart on the screen) because of a move away from procedures that might be seen to constrain the DM, so that the default method is for the DM to decide the distance, any procedure being supplemental to that decision making. Nevertheless, the DM needs to make a decision, and the latitude granted to the DM gives rise to the possibility of an inappropriate distance being chosen. There could probably be better guidance for this in the rulebooks, in a section on encounter design. Without that, I would say it's simply a matter of DM skill that is likely to develop in response to running into these issues. [/QUOTE]
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