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it's not inconsistent, the wandering monster is not being determined by the same roll that the players are using for a check, it is...

Don't forget the skill of the lock picker, which is the worst part of all of this. Let's say both are level one and the DC for the lock...

The master thief would also note movement under the door, listen for sounds at the door, and/or look through a window to note the cook...

Okay. Let me try and explain. So if a random encounter is successfully rolled, that monster is in that spot. Period. It was always...

I am replying this far back, as your back and forth with @Maxperson is a dead end. You are right about that the roll determines the...

You need to rephrase that if you want me to answer it. I'm not sure what you are asking.

Just don't try to pet the bison.

Nope. It doesn't do that, either. The monster is there even if the PCs never go that direction is all. If they do, then the roll is...

About 15 years ago I was at Yellowstone when the tour bus stopped at a bunch of cars to see what wildlife everyone was looking at. I...

Not to an extent. It's completely true. You can in fact play D&D like that. This is in my opinion most of what makes D&D so popular...

Except not. The monster will be there in that location at that exact time whether or not the PCs are there. The cook is both in the...

There have been many threads over the years that were longer, not just 3. :P

It doesn't have to be. Nor is anything retroactively added. If the DM has only narrated a few things, then one of those few things...

Sure, but if the ambient noise is loud enough to mask the sound of a group of orcs, surely it's significant enough to warrant narration...

That person posted an incorrect assertion about the surprise mechanics and tried to equate two very different methods of introducing an...