Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8343170" data-attributes="member: 6879661">So you are making a massive assumption that the ogre is down one path and the town is down the other.The reality is that paths don’t lead towards ogres they lead towards places.What I’m talking about are encounters that aren’t keyed to specific places, they take place after a certain amount of time. (Two hours after you leave town or the afternoon on day 5). It doesn’t matter which path a PC takes because the ogre isn’t linked to location. There is no decision that takes them away from the ogre.The players can’t avoid the encounter. However the players can still “avoid” the Ogre by taking reasonable precautions. If they are traveling stealthily or off road they may (depending on perception of them or the ogre) be undetected and hear the ogre singing or crashing though the underbrush.An encounter starts the moment you become aware of the creature or they become aware of you. You can still use all the agency to avoid that ogre if you see it before it sees you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8343170, member: 6879661"] So you are making a massive assumption that the ogre is down one path and the town is down the other. The reality is that paths don’t lead towards ogres they lead towards places. What I’m talking about are encounters that aren’t keyed to specific places, they take place after a certain amount of time. (Two hours after you leave town or the afternoon on day 5). It doesn’t matter which path a PC takes because the ogre isn’t linked to location. There is no decision that takes them away from the ogre. The players can’t avoid the encounter. However the players can still “avoid” the Ogre by taking reasonable precautions. If they are traveling stealthily or off road they may (depending on perception of them or the ogre) be undetected and hear the ogre singing or crashing though the underbrush. An encounter starts the moment you become aware of the creature or they become aware of you. You can still use all the agency to avoid that ogre if you see it before it sees you. [/QUOTE]

Verification