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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9484220" data-attributes="member: 59816">There's some great stuff here, and the only thing I'd like to add (other than to agree that the originally seen squares ought to be giant-sized squares, or 15x15s - it's by far the best scale for this map) is this:When the PCs make enough noise to &quot;aggro&quot; a 2nd area, don't make that area rush into combat right away round-wise. It seems on the surface that it might be &quot;realistic&quot; to do so, but that's only true in a game-optimizing sense. It seldom makes any real-world sense for a group to react, get organized, and get into battle in only 6-seconds (or a single round). Roll a die (like a d10, say) and have those rounds delay before any new area gets moving to get involved. This would still result in an extremely fast response-time (of less than a minute) but I think that it fits the best middle-ground between what makes sense for the pure rules of the game, and what makes sense to the fallible sentient creatures of the story, if you get what I mean.I mean how often do you expect that it might go like this:Bang Crash Boom (the sound of battle, overheard by 4 giants in the next chamber).Giant 1: &quot;What was that?&quot;Giant 2: &quot;Sounded like someone fighting.&quot;Giant 1: &quot;Yeah, I know! But who and why?&quot;Giant 3: &quot;Maybe it was Lunko and Morg. Y'know that they been mad with each other.&quot;Giant 4: &quot;Nah, they made up yesterday, and besides, I'm pretty sure that I heard a zap-zap, like a spell or something.&quot;Giant 2: &quot;Yeah, I heard that too.&quot;Giant 1: &quot;Yup. It was definitely a spell, and some shouting. And something fell.&quot;Giant 3: &quot;Do you think we're being invaded?&quot;Giant 1 &amp; 4: &quot;Yeah, Yeah. We're being invaded.&quot;Giant 2: &quot;Everyone grab yer clubs, let's go check out what's up and smash any invaders!&quot;(everyone grabs clubs and makes for the other room).I mean, that could easily take several six-second rounds, couldn't it? And they all agreed on what they heard and really didn't even argue much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9484220, member: 59816"] There's some great stuff here, and the only thing I'd like to add (other than to agree that the originally seen squares ought to be giant-sized squares, or 15x15s - it's by far the best scale for this map) is this: [I]When[/I] the PCs make enough noise to "aggro" a 2nd area, don't make that area rush into combat [I]right away[/I] round-wise. It seems on the surface that it might be "realistic" to do so, but that's only true in a game-optimizing sense. It seldom makes any real-world sense for a group to react, get organized, and get into battle in only 6-seconds (or a single round). Roll a die (like a d10, say) and have those rounds delay before any new area gets moving to get involved. This would still result in an [I]extremely fast[/I] response-time (of less than a minute) but I think that it fits the best middle-ground between what makes sense for the pure rules of the game, and what makes sense to the fallible sentient creatures of the story, if you get what I mean. I mean how often do you expect that it might go like this: [I]Bang Crash Boom[/I] (the sound of battle, overheard by 4 giants in the next chamber). Giant 1: "What was that?" Giant 2: "Sounded like someone fighting." Giant 1: "Yeah, I know! But who and why?" Giant 3: "Maybe it was Lunko and Morg. Y'know that they been mad with each other." Giant 4: "Nah, they made up yesterday, and besides, I'm pretty sure that I heard a zap-zap, like a spell or something." Giant 2: "Yeah, I heard that too." Giant 1: "Yup. It was definitely a spell, and some shouting. And something fell." Giant 3: "Do you think we're being invaded?" Giant 1 & 4: "Yeah, Yeah. We're being invaded." Giant 2: "Everyone grab yer clubs, let's go check out what's up and smash any invaders!" (everyone grabs clubs and makes for the other room). I mean, that could easily take several six-second rounds, couldn't it? And they all [I]agreed[/I] on what they heard and really didn't even argue much. [/QUOTE]

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