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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8239393" data-attributes="member: 42582">In the sort of play where maps and keys are important, I think that this is very important. As I've posted upthread, it dictates the outcomes of many action declarations the players make for their PCs.I don't know anymore whether you agree or disagree with that - because upthread I thought you disagreed but now you seem to be agreeing.I don't know what synergy means here. Gygax's explanation is very straightforward: there are notes that tell us how the limed-over skeleton will behave if prodded. If those notes weren't there, then the GM would have to extrapolate something from his/her notes.In this and other threads I have referred to players declaring actions for their PCs which oblige the GM to provide information taken from or extrapolated from his/her notes. This is what Moldvay and Gygax illustrate for us in their examples of play.As far as I can tell you think that something different is happening, but I don't know what the difference is. I can't tell if you think that Gygax and Moldvay are describing a different process of play from the one you favour, or not. I am describing exactly the same thing that they exemplify.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8239393, member: 42582"] In the sort of play where maps and keys are important, I think that this is very important. As I've posted upthread, it dictates the outcomes of many action declarations the players make for their PCs. I don't know anymore whether you agree or disagree with that - because upthread I thought you disagreed but now you seem to be agreeing. I don't know what [I]synergy[/I] means here. Gygax's explanation is very straightforward: there are notes that tell us how the limed-over skeleton will behave if prodded. If those notes weren't there, then the GM would have to extrapolate something from his/her notes. In this and other threads I have referred to [I]players declaring actions for their PCs which oblige the GM to provide information taken from or extrapolated from his/her notes[/I]. This is what Moldvay and Gygax illustrate for us in their examples of play. As far as I can tell you think that something different is happening, but I don't know what the difference is. I can't tell if you think that Gygax and Moldvay are describing a different process of play from the one you favour, or not. I am describing exactly the same thing that they exemplify. [/QUOTE]

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