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<blockquote data-quote="Flexor the Mighty!" data-source="post: 7733384" data-attributes="member: 1013">Yep. I think having to plan an expedition to a jungle like Chuult is cool. As you said its immersive for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead when we went into the dark dangerous jungle its functionally not much different than an adventure on the Sword Coast. The survival checks are trivial and there are a ton of ways mitigate anything nasty.&nbsp; And you level so quick that in a handful of sessions its all a non issue.&nbsp; Just different monsters in the random encounter tables.&nbsp; For me there is zero immersion, no need to put that much thought into how you are going to approach it.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I think D&amp;D editions in general have gotten more and more like that, the immersion of having to describe how you are going to interact with the environment the DM has described is largely removed by making a skill check.&nbsp; Having to think of how I'm going to role play an encounter based on clues the DM has given me in descriptions of an NPC are largely removed by making a skill check.&nbsp; I never get into the mind of the PC, I'm in the mechanics most of the time.&nbsp; All of this is IME and all that.&nbsp; I'm sure for many YMMV. I think I need to find an old school game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flexor the Mighty!, post: 7733384, member: 1013"] Yep. I think having to plan an expedition to a jungle like Chuult is cool. As you said its immersive for me. Instead when we went into the dark dangerous jungle its functionally not much different than an adventure on the Sword Coast. The survival checks are trivial and there are a ton of ways mitigate anything nasty. And you level so quick that in a handful of sessions its all a non issue. Just different monsters in the random encounter tables. For me there is zero immersion, no need to put that much thought into how you are going to approach it. But I think D&D editions in general have gotten more and more like that, the immersion of having to describe how you are going to interact with the environment the DM has described is largely removed by making a skill check. Having to think of how I'm going to role play an encounter based on clues the DM has given me in descriptions of an NPC are largely removed by making a skill check. I never get into the mind of the PC, I'm in the mechanics most of the time. All of this is IME and all that. I'm sure for many YMMV. I think I need to find an old school game. [/QUOTE]

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