Reynard's latest activity

How much of a difference depends on a lot of things, mostly player psychology and how much illusionism is used. Probably not much...

Probably not, unless it becomes clear that the most narratively appropriate things keep happening. But whether or not the players...

Is there a difference to the players, do you think? (assuming they don't know whether the GM used a table or not)

Let's talk about map design for dungeons in D&D. What works, what doesn't. What promotes good exploration play versus what hinders it...

I think that one major fact of Gygax's life that makes sense of his AD&D design decisions is his experience as an insurance adjuster. He...

I strongly disagree with your whole take, but this is where I think you are revealing the weakness in your argument: you are imagining...

I think this is wrong because the motivation (as far as we know) for Gygax was to model something, not create a useful or fun gameplay...

I mean I guess but I nixed it in the OP for a reason.

That's not an adaptation of a module though, is it?

This raises* the question: what is the line between an abstraction and a simulation mechanic? *not "begs." That's not what "begs the...

+ doesn't mean "no dissent." It just means, "be productive and civil in your debates."

There's a difference between "could survive" and "no chance of dying" at least if some attempt at modeling reality is the goal. There...

No one reads the OP... I considered this, too, but thought it might be too expensive. RHoD is a great module I keep meaning to convert.

Right. it depends on how you might frame that failure. First of all, why were we making a roll to lift a tankard? Why wasn't this an...

The problem with mazes is by themselves they are simply not fun. I have had good success with having the PCs stalked through a maze...