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<blockquote data-quote="Pickles III" data-source="post: 6644003" data-attributes="member: 6793942">It's the boring bits between fights.&nbsp; Seriously I asked months ago what the exploration pillar was as I am not sure there is much of it in games I play or run, probably as I don't think I enjoy it.OTOH there is lot of stuff usually that is neither combat nor interaction eg planning a robbery, though calling it exploration is jarring.I think the issue is that the stakes in combat are usually higher, or at least more immediate &amp; obvious. Combat happens incrementally as HP are eroded. Non-combat tends to happen in discrete chunks &amp; the consequences tend not to be so severe on a given die roll or it feels like the DM being unfairIe making one roll to see whether you live or die tends to feel a bit arbitrary outside combat but in combat making that one important save can feel like a key decision &amp; the agency is important.Hmm I don't think I am describing this theory very well but I think it's because combat is more structured &amp; out of combat &amp; out of constructs like 4e skill challenges the game can feel more like a negotiation with the DM where you do not want to blow concrete resources like rerolls.Meh I agree Lucky is just good &amp; I am going to take a non combat feat on my next fighter er character (all my PCs are humans these days so it will be L1)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pickles III, post: 6644003, member: 6793942"] It's the boring bits between fights. Seriously I asked months ago what the exploration pillar was as I am not sure there is much of it in games I play or run, probably as I don't think I enjoy it. OTOH there is lot of stuff usually that is neither combat nor interaction eg planning a robbery, though calling it exploration is jarring. I think the issue is that the stakes in combat are usually higher, or at least more immediate & obvious. Combat happens incrementally as HP are eroded. Non-combat tends to happen in discrete chunks & the consequences tend not to be so severe on a given die roll or it feels like the DM being unfair Ie making one roll to see whether you live or die tends to feel a bit arbitrary outside combat but in combat making that one important save can feel like a key decision & the agency is important. Hmm I don't think I am describing this theory very well but I think it's because combat is more structured & out of combat & out of constructs like 4e skill challenges the game can feel more like a negotiation with the DM where you do not want to blow concrete resources like rerolls. Meh I agree Lucky is just good & I am going to take a non combat feat on my next fighter er character (all my PCs are humans these days so it will be L1) [/QUOTE]

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