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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9066773" data-attributes="member: 6807784">Exploration chores are boring because you aren't interacting with anything. There's no hype to it. Until you're about to run out, it just really doesn't matter. When I have to think about the character I'm playing, the scene I'm in, the items I have that aren't consumables, the map around me, what other players are doing, what my powers are, what my hit points are, what my ability cooldowns are, and figuring out what to do, I really, really, really do not want to track arrows, rations, and other naughty word.I find no fun in tracking them. When I run out, it's &quot;Damn, this is fun but did I need to keep track of 10 days of rations to get here?&quot; The suspense comes from either being down to the LAST of something, or reaching for it and finding it's GONE. If you want to make &quot;tracking&quot; fun, use a Usage Die ala Black Hack and say that on a 1 you run out, on a 6 you're down to the last one, and on a 2-5 nothing happens. Roll it after combat for arrows, roll it after a long rest for rations or supplies, roll it when you get hit by a flash flood to see if you lose it, etc. But no, do not make me get fiddly with numbers and tallies. That's not exciting. I'm ADHD. I'll just leave the game and not care anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9066773, member: 6807784"] Exploration chores are boring because you aren't interacting with anything. There's no hype to it. Until you're about to run out, it just really doesn't matter. When I have to think about the character I'm playing, the scene I'm in, the items I have that aren't consumables, the map around me, what other players are doing, what my powers are, what my hit points are, what my ability cooldowns are, and figuring out what to do, I really, really, really do not want to track arrows, rations, and other naughty word. I find no fun in tracking them. When I run out, it's "Damn, this is fun but did I need to keep track of 10 days of rations to get here?" The suspense comes from either being down to the LAST of something, or reaching for it and finding it's GONE. If you want to make "tracking" fun, use a Usage Die ala Black Hack and say that on a 1 you run out, on a 6 you're down to the last one, and on a 2-5 nothing happens. Roll it after combat for arrows, roll it after a long rest for rations or supplies, roll it when you get hit by a flash flood to see if you lose it, etc. But no, do not make me get fiddly with numbers and tallies. That's not exciting. I'm ADHD. I'll just leave the game and not care anymore. [/QUOTE]

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