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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Rasputin" data-source="post: 8065274" data-attributes="member: 8410">Well, yeah, but it is a roleplaying game, after all. To be a game, there has to be a chance of losing. It can't be too often, of course, since part of the lure is continuity, but it has to happen sometime or else there's no sense of risk, and hence no pride in beating a tough foe. And losing is part of the fun, too; I still fondly remember being on the receiving end of total party kills.This is a more practical concern. As it happens, this has always been true. Of the 49 monsters listed on the Monster Table on pp. 3-4 of Monsters &amp; Treasure, 20 have speeds greater than 12&quot;, which is what an unencumbered PC would move. (An encumbered PC moved 9&quot; or 6&quot;, depending on how much stuff s/he was carrying.) How did folks get away? There were options:So, in effect, your way of getting away from a fast monster was:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't run in a straight line, and, if possible, duck through a secret door.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Carry some things like extra food or oil and drop them, taking spending extra loot and taking an encumbrance hit until you use them.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drop some treasure, which means sacrificing XP.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drop something else to move faster.</li>
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[QUOTE="Lord Rasputin, post: 8065274, member: 8410"] Well, yeah, but it is a roleplaying [I]game[/I], after all. To be a game, [I]there has to be a chance of losing[/I]. It can't be too often, of course, since part of the lure is continuity, but it has to happen sometime or else there's no sense of risk, and hence no pride in beating a tough foe. And losing is part of the fun, too; I still fondly remember being on the receiving end of total party kills. This is a more practical concern. As it happens, this has always been true. Of the 49 monsters listed on the [U]Monster Table[/U] on pp. 3-4 of [I]Monsters & Treasure[/I], 20 have speeds greater than 12", which is what an unencumbered PC would move. (An encumbered PC moved 9" or 6", depending on how much stuff s/he was carrying.) How did folks get away? There were options: So, in effect, your way of getting away from a fast monster was: [LIST] [*]Don't run in a straight line, and, if possible, duck through a secret door. [*]Carry some things like extra food or oil and drop them, taking spending extra loot and taking an encumbrance hit until you use them. [*]Drop some treasure, which means sacrificing XP. [*]Drop something else to move faster. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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