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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8380236" data-attributes="member: 6801228">But then the clock isn't adding anything to the exploration challenge. Which is why I keep getting told that we need a ticking clock. &quot;You need to rescue the princess before she is killed in one week's time&quot; Well, if the ranger can get us there in two days, and the DM designed the challenge to be achievable if we only had 12 hours to complete it, then having nearly 100 hours means it is going to be trivially easier. We have nearly ten times the amount of time we need.If the DM designed the challenge to only be achievable with those five extra days.. then the ranger ability didn't really do anything about the ticking clock. We were expected and the clock was set accordingly. And if the DM miscalculated, maybe by forgetting the Ranger's favored Terrains, then they have put forth a mission that is impossible to complete. And I don't think anyone would say that is a good game, to be given a task you literally cannot succeed at.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8380236, member: 6801228"] But then the clock isn't adding anything to the exploration challenge. Which is why I keep getting told that we need a ticking clock. "You need to rescue the princess before she is killed in one week's time" Well, if the ranger can get us there in two days, and the DM designed the challenge to be achievable if we only had 12 hours to complete it, then having nearly 100 hours means it is going to be trivially easier. We have nearly ten times the amount of time we need. If the DM designed the challenge to only be achievable with those five extra days.. then the ranger ability didn't really do anything about the ticking clock. We were expected and the clock was set accordingly. And if the DM miscalculated, maybe by forgetting the Ranger's favored Terrains, then they have put forth a mission that is impossible to complete. And I don't think anyone would say that is a good game, to be given a task you literally cannot succeed at. [/QUOTE]

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