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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8383896" data-attributes="member: 6921763">I'm not sure the length of the DM's description of the environment matters to A) when Step 1 ends and B) what pillar you are in.&nbsp; The DM might describe a travel montage but eventually the description ends with an actionable environment which will end Step 1 and engage the players in one (or more) of the three pillars.&nbsp; Could be that the travel montage is interrupted by a Step 2 declaration by a player (h/t [USER=53980]@Fanaelialae[/USER]) that puts us squarely in exploration mode.&nbsp;Or, one could say the completed travel montage is (and very much should be) such a small part of the time spent at the table that it is a true outlier.&nbsp; The odd purple crayon that [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] mentions upthread that is not necessary to categorize.&nbsp; Notice it, then move on to the good stuff before people start mucking around on their phones.&nbsp; (Nothing against purple crayons, of course).Then again, at the end of the day, I don't really care what label the interstitial descriptions carry.&nbsp; All that matters is that the DM does a good enough job in Step 1 so that when they are done with the environmental description the players have some interesting thing(s) to engage with in Step 2.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8383896, member: 6921763"] I'm not sure the length of the DM's description of the environment matters to A) when Step 1 ends and B) what pillar you are in. The DM might describe a travel montage but eventually the description ends with an actionable environment which will end Step 1 and engage the players in one (or more) of the three pillars. Could be that the travel montage is interrupted by a Step 2 declaration by a player (h/t [USER=53980]@Fanaelialae[/USER]) that puts us squarely in exploration mode. Or, one could say the completed travel montage is (and very much should be) such a small part of the time spent at the table that it is a true outlier. The odd purple crayon that [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] mentions upthread that is not necessary to categorize. Notice it, then move on to the good stuff before people start mucking around on their phones. (Nothing against purple crayons, of course). Then again, at the end of the day, I don't really care what label the interstitial descriptions carry. All that matters is that the DM does a good enough job in Step 1 so that when they are done with the environmental description the players have some interesting thing(s) to engage with in Step 2. [/QUOTE]

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