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Yes, but not as anything that has to do with what happens after a failure. Goal and approach are just to inform the DM of what you are...

Far more fun would be a tarrasque made of ice cream. I mean, if you're gonna go gonzo, why stop at half-measure? :)

So if the GM doesn't narrate shadows, or ambient noise, or whatever, does that mean that no roll can be made for the Orcs to be...

It really depends on the group, as I said I'm constant in my methodology. If a DM was not I can see how it would be a flaw. Take trees...

You're hiking in the mountains in Alaska. There are wolves and grizzly bears in the area. What are the odds of you encountering one if...

Good thing you have all that tall grass for the strawman you're constructing. If a GM is adding tall grass after the ambush, I would...

My sweet summer child. It's actually 1357 pages. :)

I mean, we've already demonstrated we are fine with cooks on random encounter rolls, we are fine with cooks in the kitchen at dinner...

This is pretty wrong. If the DM failed to note than the grass on the plains the party entered was very tall when they initially...

I missed this earlier. As the person who came up with the high grass, I specifically mentioned it as being narrated prior to the...

This example would only have been relevant if somehow you on success the grass had to be short. The entire problem is arising when the...

Oh, come on. The ONLY reason the grass suddenly becomes long is because of the ambush, not the other way around. The DM wouldn't have...

Who said it"suddenly becomes long" I would never describe its length at all unless asked. It would always be long, but described as a...

It doesn't need to be described in detail, just mentioned unless a PC asks more about it, or has a high enough passive perception...

Or, as I point out in regard to this all the time, you can just stop yourself. That's the thing; people don't have a right to tell...