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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7796130" data-attributes="member: 6801845">For the painting story, I think this is a decent representation of style and focus.If I have a large painting and someone wants to take the frame apart*, it might take a whopping 30 seconds.&nbsp; Probably less because somebody will say &quot;Can I take the frame off?&quot; to which I'll respond &quot;sure&quot;.But I digress.&nbsp; Minutiae like this doesn't come up in my game.&nbsp; It's just not worth the time and effort to play out for me.&nbsp; Describing details of what you're doing for mundane tasks is kind of boring.&nbsp; There are exceptions to the rule of course.I'd rather focus on moving the story forward. Talking to NPCs, exploring, combat encounters.&nbsp; I don't get enough time to play anyway so something like this that doesn't move the story forward just gets narrated.Which doesn't mean it was a bad play experience, just that I value expediency and moving the narrative forward more than getting into the weeds of what people are doing to accomplish goals.*Although honestly I can't imagine it coming up.&nbsp; If I roll for random treasure and it's &quot;art&quot; it's going to be portable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7796130, member: 6801845"] For the painting story, I think this is a decent representation of style and focus. If I have a large painting and someone wants to take the frame apart*, it might take a whopping 30 seconds. Probably less because somebody will say "Can I take the frame off?" to which I'll respond "sure". But I digress. Minutiae like this doesn't come up in my game. It's just not worth the time and effort to play out for me. Describing details of what you're doing for mundane tasks is kind of boring. There are exceptions to the rule of course. I'd rather focus on moving the story forward. Talking to NPCs, exploring, combat encounters. I don't get enough time to play anyway so something like this that doesn't move the story forward just gets narrated. Which doesn't mean it was a bad play experience, just that I value expediency and moving the narrative forward more than getting into the weeds of what people are doing to accomplish goals. *[I]Although honestly I can't imagine it coming up. If I roll for random treasure and it's "art" it's going to be portable.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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