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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 7315275" data-attributes="member: 15582">Stated this way, I can get behind this example. It shows that the player's decisions give them a literal advantage for engaging in choices. As some other posters have confirmed, there's GM's who unintentionally parody this to the point that making no choice is better simply because it wastes less time getting the inevitable. But that actually brings us back to the real question.Was the product an adventure or a rule book?Organizing a rule book is an exercise in figuring out how many corner cases you can cover with the budget and time you have. You can't anticipate everything GMs and players are going to do, so you chose what corner cases you can cover with explicit rules or provide some inspiring advice on how to use the rules at hand. On the other hand, an adventure has all that information right there, the wandering monster charts, how many days in this particular adventure will it take the PCs to catch up with their targets, what could also be waiting to ambush them. Then it's a bit sad there was only one bland rule instead of a quick discussion of options. At the end of the day, though, the best gaming accessory to process all that info and trade offs is the GM. Don't forget though, every game is different. Some players will love mulling over those options. Other players will just want to rush ahead and save the ... whatever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 7315275, member: 15582"] Stated this way, I can get behind this example. It shows that the player's decisions give them a literal advantage for engaging in choices. As some other posters have confirmed, there's GM's who unintentionally parody this to the point that making no choice is better simply because it wastes less time getting the inevitable. But that actually brings us back to the real question. [COLOR=#000000] Was the product an adventure or a rule book? Organizing a rule book is an exercise in figuring out how many corner cases you can cover with the budget and time you have. You can't anticipate everything GMs and players are going to do, so you chose what corner cases you can cover with explicit rules or provide some inspiring advice on how to use the rules at hand. On the other hand, an adventure has all that information right there, the wandering monster charts, how many days in [I]this [/I]particular adventure will it take the PCs to catch up with their targets, what could also be waiting to ambush them. Then it's a bit sad there was only one bland rule instead of a quick discussion of options. At the end of the day, though, the best gaming accessory to process all that info and trade offs is the GM. Don't forget though, every game is different. Some players will love mulling over those options. Other players will just want to rush ahead and save the ... whatever.[/color] [/QUOTE]

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