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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 7574195"><p>I am not particularly caught up in realism as I am in causality in my games. My style is to emulate the stuff of wuxia movies and books, but I like to do so in a way that, for me at least, makes the place feel like a real thing the players are exploring. So I am not worried about rigid adherence to weighing all the items characters are carrying, but I don't want to teleport my NPCs around for pure convenience of plot. But any effort at plausibility is surely more eyeballed than measured. I also want what is going on to logically follow from prior events and NPC motivations (i.e. well, Iron Toothed Bat King is still sore about the players getting away with the Obsidian Bat, and he was in Kaifeng eight days ago, so getting to Handan and ambushing the PCs here is plausible. I would then call for a Survival roll on the part of the PCs to see if they spot the ambush or wander into it). I still want it to be interesting and a bit dramatic, but I also want to keep plausibility in play. And I am fine making the call myself about where Iron Tooth Bat King is in this situation, because I am playing the guy and know what he is trying to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>