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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5298519" data-attributes="member: 18280">Can humans?&nbsp; Really?All creatures have a footprint in the real world.&nbsp; Every creature requires some form of living space that matches its needs, consumes something, and creates waste products.&nbsp; One might imagine a medusa which has access to an endless supply of hammers, so as to break each statue into rubble as it is made; one might assume that said medusa has the patience to do so, and somehow never gets sloppy with the results; one might assume that the stone the statues are made of matches that of the surrounding area.&nbsp; In that event, if the group has no character that can tell ruined stonework from naturally occurring stone, if they don't notice the worn out hammers secreted somewhere, and if they don't hear the constant tapping and smashing of stone from the medusa's unending labours, they may well have no way of guessing what is ahead.But, I would guess, medusas are no more competent than humans in covering their tracks.&nbsp; They are likely to be as lazy as anyone else, and as likely to do &quot;good enough&quot; rather than &quot;perfect&quot;.Just came back from the beautiful Elora Gorge in Ontario.&nbsp; Can you guess how many bottles and cans I found along the hiking trails?&nbsp; Bits of old tents, a few extra pegs, pieces of broken plastic, candy wrappers and granola wrappers, etc.?&nbsp; Bark stripped from trees, initials carved on trees and marked on rocks, etc.?If humans are the bar, it is a low bar indeed!Counter-example me, then.&nbsp; Offer an example of any real creature that doesn't leave a footprint.Agreed.Also agreed.I rolled spells randomly in 1e, the same for NPCs as for PCs.&nbsp; If NPCs never had sleep, how could the PCs obtain it?RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5298519, member: 18280"] Can humans? Really? All creatures have a footprint in the real world. Every creature requires some form of living space that matches its needs, consumes something, and creates waste products. One might imagine a medusa which has access to an endless supply of hammers, so as to break each statue into rubble as it is made; one might assume that said medusa has the patience to do so, and somehow never gets sloppy with the results; one might assume that the stone the statues are made of matches that of the surrounding area. In that event, if the group has no character that can tell ruined stonework from naturally occurring stone, if they don't notice the worn out hammers secreted somewhere, and if they don't hear the constant tapping and smashing of stone from the medusa's unending labours, they may well have no way of guessing what is ahead. But, I would guess, medusas are no more competent than humans in covering their tracks. They are likely to be as lazy as anyone else, and as likely to do "good enough" rather than "perfect". Just came back from the beautiful Elora Gorge in Ontario. Can you guess how many bottles and cans I found along the hiking trails? Bits of old tents, a few extra pegs, pieces of broken plastic, candy wrappers and granola wrappers, etc.? Bark stripped from trees, initials carved on trees and marked on rocks, etc.? If humans are the bar, it is a low bar indeed! Counter-example me, then. Offer an example of any real creature that doesn't leave a footprint. Agreed. Also agreed. I rolled spells randomly in 1e, the same for NPCs as for PCs. If NPCs never had [I]sleep[/I], how could the PCs obtain it? RC [/QUOTE]

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