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Cave lizards. Bone. Although I would rule that only crossbows (bone and steel) are available in Gracklstugh, because dwarves.

I still think of any obstacle or opportunity as an encounter, escaping a collapsing tunnel could be a skill challenge type encounter...

Yes to all of that. Cows are not the only source of leather even here on Earth, there would be an equivalent in the underdark. Rope...

See my last post to @pemerton. Thinking about it a further, I think encounter is most often used to mean encountering a being or beings...

@pemerton looking at 1e, it's crystal clear that Gygax didn't mean encounter to be solely "combat." When you encountered parties of...

While most encounters are combat, enough of them are social, exploration, traps or whatever that it cannot be assumed to be combat when...

I think that's because most encounters tend to be combat encounters due to combat being the primary way to earn XP. However, in casual...

i think any disparity between the two is solved by considering the original context of @Maxperson 's quote and assuming it probably...

I don't see two. Can you type out the other one since the person you are quoting has me blocked?

At any time sounds deceptively common. It's really quite rare. It's not. It's more akin to getting a brand new house and discovering...

It is very difficult not to respond the way I did, when the posters are basically screaming at everyone in posts. This place has become...

He didn't say they can't know anything of the world until informed. He said what he wanted might not be available. If I play in his...

This captures most eloquently why I choose to play roleplaying games. I want this stuff.

For me, the answer was really nicely put by Eero Tuovinen: I find that the riddle of roleplaying is answered thusly: it is more fun to...