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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5298779" data-attributes="member: 80487">I don't think that's the real issue. A footprint is not enough.In old D&D, we players have a chance to look for spoor. We have a chance to do research and reconnaissance even before venturing into Medusa-Land -- or deciding to give it a wide berth.I think that's probably beyond the scope of Hussar's game.(Apparently, so are all tactics other than PCs clustering conveniently into the typical fatality diameter of an M67 grenade and then throwing themselves en masse on top of the 3e equivalent!)At any rate, the old game does not offer the 100% guarantee of precise foreknowledge he requires.In AD&D, even if an encounter is rolled, it may be no more than a sighting -- or even a hearing -- from a distance. Except in a surprise situation, the normal range of a dungeon encounter in AD&D is 50' to 100'. Outdoors, even a surprise roll of 4 (2 being the usual maximum) gives an average of 330' (down to 150' in forest).</blockquote>