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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6110285" data-attributes="member: 6681948"><p>Ultimately, I can't see any real differentiation between the siege and the desert other than proximity. I find it tough to credit that geographic proximity impacts thematic relevance, especially to the extent being argued here.</p><p></p><p>Can I understand that Pemerton and Hussar perceive a marked differentiation between the two? Sure. Could I predict their assessment of an encounter set in a third location? Not really. Presumably, anything closer to the city than the seige force would be, and anything further away than the edge of the desert would not, I suppose.</p><p></p><p>So what if I move the seige out 100 yards into the desert so we encounter the siege before leaving the desert? Is it now irrelevant because it's in the desert, or relevant because it is the siege? Let's pull back more - they have surrounded the city at a sufficient distance hat the PC's must get past the first physical impediment created by the siege before being able to see the city, and are still in the desert. Relevant or not relevant?</p><p></p><p>I prefer JamesonCourage's approach that the link to player goals, not physical or visual proximity to the city, would be the prime or sole determinant of relevance, but Pemerton and Hussar's comments to date indicate that's not their approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6110285, member: 6681948"] Ultimately, I can't see any real differentiation between the siege and the desert other than proximity. I find it tough to credit that geographic proximity impacts thematic relevance, especially to the extent being argued here. Can I understand that Pemerton and Hussar perceive a marked differentiation between the two? Sure. Could I predict their assessment of an encounter set in a third location? Not really. Presumably, anything closer to the city than the seige force would be, and anything further away than the edge of the desert would not, I suppose. So what if I move the seige out 100 yards into the desert so we encounter the siege before leaving the desert? Is it now irrelevant because it's in the desert, or relevant because it is the siege? Let's pull back more - they have surrounded the city at a sufficient distance hat the PC's must get past the first physical impediment created by the siege before being able to see the city, and are still in the desert. Relevant or not relevant? I prefer JamesonCourage's approach that the link to player goals, not physical or visual proximity to the city, would be the prime or sole determinant of relevance, but Pemerton and Hussar's comments to date indicate that's not their approach. [/QUOTE]
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