tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post202334401946125221..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Filling the SandboxAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-20634315719982323382017-12-21T19:25:39.505-07:002017-12-21T19:25:39.505-07:00Let me applaud you, Dave. You put it well, too.Let me applaud you, Dave. You put it well, too.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-24121088254271595702017-12-21T19:12:12.624-07:002017-12-21T19:12:12.624-07:00I was going to argue with you, assuring you didn’t...I was going to argue with you, assuring you didn’t know what you were talking about, blinded by decades of “doing it wrong”, but this quote at the end reveals that actually it was <i>me</i> who was reading wrong.<br /><br />"If the player argues that there must be something reasonable in this town, in this region or in this world, the existence of which is entirely intuitive, then that too is part of the sand that makes up this box. Not because the DM condescends to say "yes," but because it must be so.”<br /><br />Well-put, well-put.<br /><br />I consider myself a pretty proficient referee of a sandbox, and that quote sums up the essence of how I like to play. Things exist because it makes sense they exist (or because our cruel tools of simulation say they exist). Creatures react because that is how that creature would react (whether by extrapolation or by mechanic), not because the DM or the player are trying to tell some story they decided on beforehand or in the moment.<br /><br />Thanks Alexis, this really put it well.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587469359634906146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-15794819618272333382017-12-21T07:30:57.725-07:002017-12-21T07:30:57.725-07:00Oh I've got plenty of sand in my head, 'le...Oh I've got <i>plenty</i> of sand in my head, 'least the teachers said so! <br /><br />Seriously though, this is spot on.Drainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724863160300686402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-50017828444783407732017-12-21T05:51:52.819-07:002017-12-21T05:51:52.819-07:00Bookmark'd.Bookmark'd. Archonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718160700690722856noreply@blogger.com