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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7593003">Am I the only one who thinks this is really mindless hair splitting?Box text is nice because it can provide theme as well as substance.&nbsp; &quot;The room is poorly lit by dim moonlight entering through a half-covered window on the far side.&nbsp; A light breeze flows through the open window causing the shadows of the covered furniture to move ever so slightly.&nbsp; The only thing uncovered in the room is a large standing mirror which doesn't appear to reflect the room.&quot;Broken down into bullet points you can convey the same relevant information, but completely miss the feeling.-The room is poorly lit and there is a light breeze coming from an open window.-There is a variety of covered furniture in the room.-Only a large standing mirror is uncovered.If this were any old room, the bullet points are fine.&nbsp; If this was Curse of Strahd, the bullet points would absolutely destroy the feeling.Reliance on the DM to be creative is not why I play boxed adventures.&nbsp; Reliance on the DM to be creative is why I homebrew.So if the new approach is to &quot;give the DM some info&quot; and then &quot;tell them to get creative&quot; well I've already got the internet and I think I'm pretty darn creative if I do say so myself.So what exactly am I paying you for?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7593003"] Am I the only one who thinks this is really mindless hair splitting? Box text is nice because it can provide theme as well as substance. "The room is poorly lit by dim moonlight entering through a half-covered window on the far side. A light breeze flows through the open window causing the shadows of the covered furniture to move ever so slightly. The only thing uncovered in the room is a large standing mirror which doesn't appear to reflect the room." Broken down into bullet points you can convey the same relevant information, but completely miss the feeling. -The room is poorly lit and there is a light breeze coming from an open window. -There is a variety of covered furniture in the room. -Only a large standing mirror is uncovered. If this were any old room, the bullet points are fine. If this was Curse of Strahd, the bullet points would absolutely destroy the feeling. Reliance on the DM to be creative is not why I play boxed adventures. Reliance on the DM to be creative is why I homebrew. So if the new approach is to "give the DM some info" and then "tell them to get creative" well I've already got the internet and I think I'm pretty darn creative if I do say so myself. So what exactly am I paying you for? [/QUOTE]

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