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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7101285" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>This.</p><p></p><p>Very much this.</p><p></p><p>Which speaks to the example upthread from (was it [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] ?) regarding the character who wouldn't let the campfire go out. Who the bleep wants to roleplay camping for the night (after maybe the first night or two) every single time? I would hazard a guess that parties in my current campaign have collectively spent between 1000 and 2000 nights camping while field adventuring - in forests, on trails, in dungeon complexes, etc. Would you want to have roleplayed all those?</p><p></p><p>Thought not. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The first few times, sure. After that I just ask for a list of who's on watch when, and assume standard operating procedure unless (infrequently) there's reason not to.</p><p></p><p>After-battle resting is an excellent example of the same sort of thing.</p><p></p><p>I bolded another bit in the quote above with which I also wholeheartedly agree.</p><p></p><p>Lan-"roll initiative: a pack of marauding wolves attacks the camp..."-efan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7101285, member: 29398"] This. Very much this. Which speaks to the example upthread from (was it [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] ?) regarding the character who wouldn't let the campfire go out. Who the bleep wants to roleplay camping for the night (after maybe the first night or two) every single time? I would hazard a guess that parties in my current campaign have collectively spent between 1000 and 2000 nights camping while field adventuring - in forests, on trails, in dungeon complexes, etc. Would you want to have roleplayed all those? Thought not. :) The first few times, sure. After that I just ask for a list of who's on watch when, and assume standard operating procedure unless (infrequently) there's reason not to. After-battle resting is an excellent example of the same sort of thing. I bolded another bit in the quote above with which I also wholeheartedly agree. Lan-"roll initiative: a pack of marauding wolves attacks the camp..."-efan [/QUOTE]
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