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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8384384" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Every environment is actionable if the players want it to be.&nbsp; Doesn't matter what the DM has planned.Who decides it is a social encounter?&nbsp; Sounds like by virtue of the DM setting it up as a meeting with the king that you are presupposing that it is a social encounter.&nbsp; Truth is, the DM has no idea which pillars are being engaged until the players declare what activities their PCs are doing.&nbsp; The throne room scene could be all three at once, or two out of three, or even one out of the three (though it would be a real stretch to say it was pure exploration if they are approaching the king in full view).&nbsp; You said earlier in the thread that a wandering monster is part of the combat pillar.&nbsp; It's no such thing until the PCs take action to make it so.I think we just about found some common ground here.&nbsp; Also, very Zen:&nbsp; something that isn't and yet is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8384384, member: 6921763"] Every environment is actionable if the players want it to be. Doesn't matter what the DM has planned. Who decides it is a social encounter? Sounds like by virtue of the DM setting it up as a meeting with the king that [I]you[/I] are presupposing that it is a social encounter. Truth is, the DM [I]has no idea[/I] which pillars are being engaged until the players declare what activities their PCs are doing. The throne room scene could be all three at once, or two out of three, or even one out of the three (though it would be a real stretch to say it was pure exploration if they are approaching the king in full view). You said earlier in the thread that a wandering monster is part of the combat pillar. It's no such thing [I]until [/I]the PCs take action to make it so. I think we just about found some common ground here. Also, very Zen: something that isn't and yet is. [/QUOTE]

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