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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9082161" data-attributes="member: 6684958">I'm big in favor of Illusioniusm and Railroading.&nbsp; It is simple enough: the game Story Plot is ARTIFICIAL.&nbsp; It's not real.&nbsp; It can not exist with out the guiding hand of the DM.&nbsp; It's a huge part of the DMs job.Some people will say a great game is where everyone sits around and does nothing...and sure that's fine for some.&nbsp; Most people do what events to happen in game play.And this is the Quantum Ogre part.&nbsp; It simply makes no sense that players in a game would avoid an encounter.&nbsp; Having encounters is a huge part of a typical RPG.&nbsp; Now...yes....if you get into DEEP IMMERSION DEEP STORYTELLING it can make some story sense for some characters to avoid some encounters SOMETIMES.&nbsp; But this in no way is a common thing.&nbsp; And at least HALF of the time when characters &quot;try&quot; to avoid an encounter....it still happens.You can look to any fiction...like movies or TV shows.&nbsp; You might notice that the characters ALWAYS have &quot;an encounter&quot;.&nbsp; Whatever the characters do....bam..encounter.&nbsp; Even for a &quot;slow episode&quot;&nbsp; where like a character goes to the DMV....amazingly beyond belief...some guy with a beef vs the DMV and a bomb will &quot;just show up&quot;.&nbsp; Of course, everything is written this way.Encounters are made to happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9082161, member: 6684958"] I'm big in favor of Illusioniusm and Railroading. It is simple enough: the game Story Plot is ARTIFICIAL. It's not real. It can not exist with out the guiding hand of the DM. It's a huge part of the DMs job. Some people will say a great game is where everyone sits around and does nothing...and sure that's fine for some. Most people do what events to happen in game play. And this is the Quantum Ogre part. It simply makes no sense that players in a game would avoid an encounter. Having encounters is a huge part of a typical RPG. Now...yes....if you get into DEEP IMMERSION DEEP STORYTELLING it can make some story sense for some characters to avoid some encounters SOMETIMES. But this in no way is a common thing. And at least HALF of the time when characters "try" to avoid an encounter....it still happens. You can look to any fiction...like movies or TV shows. You might notice that the characters ALWAYS have "an encounter". Whatever the characters do....bam..encounter. Even for a "slow episode" where like a character goes to the DMV....amazingly beyond belief...some guy with a beef vs the DMV and a bomb will "just show up". Of course, everything is written this way. Encounters are made to happen. [/QUOTE]

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