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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5683379" data-attributes="member: 25619"><p><strong>Oranges in AD&D</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My first time playing D&D, the rules weren't hidden from me, but I wasn't sure how much the RAW versus imagined reality was the key factor.</p><p></p><p>My style of playing and DMing for the next 30 years -- lots of flavorful background and lots of economics -- can be deduced from my first action after entering the Keep on the Borderlands.</p><p></p><p>When we saw the market around the well, I asked the DM if there were oranges on sale. He said, "Sure, there's one stand with fruit, including a few oranges, but they are very expensive, imported from far away."</p><p></p><p>I said, "How much?"</p><p></p><p>He said, "1 gold piece each."</p><p></p><p>I said, "I'll buy two -- one for me and one (character of the other player)." Then I explained, "I think we'll be going underground for a long time in the dungeons, and you said our rations are only hardtack and dried meat, so I want to make sure we get enough Vitamin C and don't get scurvy."</p><p></p><p>He didn't "correct" me on that rules issue or metagaming, I assume because he liked that I was getting into the game and being imaginative. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 5683379, member: 25619"] [b]Oranges in AD&D[/b] My first time playing D&D, the rules weren't hidden from me, but I wasn't sure how much the RAW versus imagined reality was the key factor. My style of playing and DMing for the next 30 years -- lots of flavorful background and lots of economics -- can be deduced from my first action after entering the Keep on the Borderlands. When we saw the market around the well, I asked the DM if there were oranges on sale. He said, "Sure, there's one stand with fruit, including a few oranges, but they are very expensive, imported from far away." I said, "How much?" He said, "1 gold piece each." I said, "I'll buy two -- one for me and one (character of the other player)." Then I explained, "I think we'll be going underground for a long time in the dungeons, and you said our rations are only hardtack and dried meat, so I want to make sure we get enough Vitamin C and don't get scurvy." He didn't "correct" me on that rules issue or metagaming, I assume because he liked that I was getting into the game and being imaginative. B-) [/QUOTE]
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