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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8105870" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>The problem though, to take your example as a basis, is that the adventure is set with stakes that involve the town collapsing, because of the water drainage. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, if this was an adventure about finding the lost tower of some mage, and the two year long winter was a flavor text aside about the region, then not offering a solution to how they are surviving that crisis is perfectly understandable. But the adventure is about this problem, it is about the water drainage from your example, so lacking details on how the problem has been addressed to date is a fairly major oversight. </p><p></p><p>I mean, reading the flavor text, if it read "This prolonged winter, which has gone on for more than two years, threatens to doom the flickering lights of civilization known as Ten-Towns <strong>as their stores of reserves run dry</strong>." Then I would say they gave us an answer. The towns had emergency supplies that have lasted these two years. Implausible? Maybe. But they pointed me in the right direction for why things are desperate now. </p><p></p><p>But, by adding the bit about "the indigenous flora and fauna that need sunlight and the change of seasons to survive." it immediately brings to question what has been happening up until now. Most plants do not have a three year life cycle, where they need the changing of the seasons, but can go two years without such a change. I mean, plants around here will start dying off if you don't water them for a week or two, let alone multiple months, let alone two years. Many animals struggle to find food in the winter, using the fall to build up fat reserves so they can get through the lean times. </p><p></p><p>This is something the adventure seems to call specific attention to... but then does not follow through about how things have not already collapsed. And, if you were right, and this was just an aside that had little to do with the plot of the adventure, then it would be a far less perplexing event that they did not think this through. But this is the plot of the adventure. This is the main scenario, not a side note.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8105870, member: 6801228"] The problem though, to take your example as a basis, is that the adventure is set with stakes that involve the town collapsing, because of the water drainage. Sure, if this was an adventure about finding the lost tower of some mage, and the two year long winter was a flavor text aside about the region, then not offering a solution to how they are surviving that crisis is perfectly understandable. But the adventure is about this problem, it is about the water drainage from your example, so lacking details on how the problem has been addressed to date is a fairly major oversight. I mean, reading the flavor text, if it read "This prolonged winter, which has gone on for more than two years, threatens to doom the flickering lights of civilization known as Ten-Towns [B]as their stores of reserves run dry[/B]." Then I would say they gave us an answer. The towns had emergency supplies that have lasted these two years. Implausible? Maybe. But they pointed me in the right direction for why things are desperate now. But, by adding the bit about "the indigenous flora and fauna that need sunlight and the change of seasons to survive." it immediately brings to question what has been happening up until now. Most plants do not have a three year life cycle, where they need the changing of the seasons, but can go two years without such a change. I mean, plants around here will start dying off if you don't water them for a week or two, let alone multiple months, let alone two years. Many animals struggle to find food in the winter, using the fall to build up fat reserves so they can get through the lean times. This is something the adventure seems to call specific attention to... but then does not follow through about how things have not already collapsed. And, if you were right, and this was just an aside that had little to do with the plot of the adventure, then it would be a far less perplexing event that they did not think this through. But this is the plot of the adventure. This is the main scenario, not a side note. [/QUOTE]
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