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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8168431"><p>Also it is probably worth noting, how I handle encounters may rub some sandbox players the wrong way. Me and the co-designer of my game settled on using the Survival skill against a TN set by the terrain (if it is a really dangerous city the TN might be 9 for example rather than 6). This means you roll, and if you fail, an encounter is rolled on the table (and the table doesn't have blank spaces, so if you fail an encounter will happen). So technically this system assumes the encounter is present whether you roll or not. And that could be a problem for some people in this style (it was something we felt we could hand wave, but we understood the potential concern). However this also meant, technically, if I wanted to, I could always roll on the encounter table (because the encounter is there, the survival roll just means they get around it), and a successful roll just meant the players saw it and could avoid it (but some parties might want to engage it). I don't always do this, because I forget, but when I do I find it adds a lot to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 8168431"] Also it is probably worth noting, how I handle encounters may rub some sandbox players the wrong way. Me and the co-designer of my game settled on using the Survival skill against a TN set by the terrain (if it is a really dangerous city the TN might be 9 for example rather than 6). This means you roll, and if you fail, an encounter is rolled on the table (and the table doesn't have blank spaces, so if you fail an encounter will happen). So technically this system assumes the encounter is present whether you roll or not. And that could be a problem for some people in this style (it was something we felt we could hand wave, but we understood the potential concern). However this also meant, technically, if I wanted to, I could always roll on the encounter table (because the encounter is there, the survival roll just means they get around it), and a successful roll just meant the players saw it and could avoid it (but some parties might want to engage it). I don't always do this, because I forget, but when I do I find it adds a lot to play. [/QUOTE]

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