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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7337423" data-attributes="member: 82106">IMHO it all boils down to overall pacing and what you consider to be the function of this adventure within the overall story arc it is part of. In HoML I have some considerable notes and guidelines for myself about what constitutes action which is worth casting into what forms. Some things contain essentially no interesting conflict (IE the stakes are either non-existent or so trivial that, in the context of an adventure game, they don't deserve to be addressed). If something in this category requires addressing at all, say for narrative consistency, then it is an 'interlude', no dice are used at all, its just a brief bit of narration by one or more participants.If its more than that, then we have to look more closely. Something prefatory to an action sequence (combat or similar) then it could well be a single SC. In the example case perhaps getting the map is a lead up to the main action (something like the Tibet scene in Indiana Jones, there's conflict but its just getting us set up for the main action). An SC could also simply be the non-combat part of getting to the location of some other action. Several SCs could also CONSTITUTE the main action if its simply not really a combat-heavy adventure. Most likely they'll be interspersed with combats and maybe interludes if there's a pause in the action.So, I can't gauge how I would handle what you're describing as potentially extensive action. I do like to cut to the chase, that's something that the 4e-like structure of my game does for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7337423, member: 82106"] IMHO it all boils down to overall pacing and what you consider to be the function of this adventure within the overall story arc it is part of. In HoML I have some considerable notes and guidelines for myself about what constitutes action which is worth casting into what forms. Some things contain essentially no interesting conflict (IE the stakes are either non-existent or so trivial that, in the context of an adventure game, they don't deserve to be addressed). If something in this category requires addressing at all, say for narrative consistency, then it is an 'interlude', no dice are used at all, its just a brief bit of narration by one or more participants. If its more than that, then we have to look more closely. Something prefatory to an action sequence (combat or similar) then it could well be a single SC. In the example case perhaps getting the map is a lead up to the main action (something like the Tibet scene in Indiana Jones, there's conflict but its just getting us set up for the main action). An SC could also simply be the non-combat part of getting to the location of some other action. Several SCs could also CONSTITUTE the main action if its simply not really a combat-heavy adventure. Most likely they'll be interspersed with combats and maybe interludes if there's a pause in the action. So, I can't gauge how I would handle what you're describing as potentially extensive action. I do like to cut to the chase, that's something that the 4e-like structure of my game does for me. [/QUOTE]

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