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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 4280377" data-attributes="member: 30001">I have no idea where you get the notion that I'm advocating zero interaction with the DM.&nbsp; IME at some point, the DM abstracts situations involving a lot of repetition.&nbsp; For example, in order to walk from point A to point B, a player doesn't have to &quot;interact&quot; with the DM 47,000 times each time his character puts one foot in front of the other.Similarly, if I'm going to ask a city of people if they want to buy a longsword I don't actually have to roleplay that out.&nbsp; So a DM typically makes a blanket statement like &quot;all 47,000 peasants are completely uninterested in buying your sword at any price&quot; - which I'm pretty sure would be met with some interesting reactions from the people I play with.&nbsp; They're not used to the &quot;you can't pick up that rock because it's just a part of the background graphics of the game and not really there&quot; sort of logic.&nbsp; And IMO a DM would only add insult to injury by trying to make up an explanation.&nbsp; No explanation as to why a PC can't sell rope at the mouth of the Pit of Doom is probably necessary - but that's not what the rules are talking about IIRC.&nbsp; (But yet no real statement against PCs *buying* rope at the same location.&nbsp; Hmmm...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 4280377, member: 30001"] I have no idea where you get the notion that I'm advocating zero interaction with the DM. IME at some point, the DM abstracts situations involving a lot of repetition. For example, in order to walk from point A to point B, a player doesn't have to "interact" with the DM 47,000 times each time his character puts one foot in front of the other. Similarly, if I'm going to ask a city of people if they want to buy a longsword I don't actually have to roleplay that out. So a DM typically makes a blanket statement like "all 47,000 peasants are completely uninterested in buying your sword at any price" - which I'm pretty sure would be met with some interesting reactions from the people I play with. They're not used to the "you can't pick up that rock because it's just a part of the background graphics of the game and not really there" sort of logic. And IMO a DM would only add insult to injury by trying to make up an explanation. No explanation as to why a PC can't sell rope at the mouth of the Pit of Doom is probably necessary - but that's not what the rules are talking about IIRC. (But yet no real statement against PCs *buying* rope at the same location. Hmmm...) [/QUOTE]

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