The Bandit's Keep - OldSchool YT Channel Discussion

[Necron 99]

The Bandit's Keep is a great channel that brings up discussions for various topics for old-school play.

This recent video discusses travel, terrain, and getting lost.



Another video that I enjoyed watching deals with Encounters. I like Daniel's quote where he says, "I create situations, I do not create solutions."; this is what I think, makes old-school what it is. It's placing the PCs in an encounter and letting them figure it out, to their success or failure.

[Ancalagon]

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Another video that I enjoyed watching deals with Encounters. I like Daniel's quote where he says, "I create situations, I do not create solutions."; this is what I think, makes old-school what it is. It's placing the PCs in an encounter and letting them it out to their success or failure.

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Emphasis mine.
Exactly! DMs have enough to do. Players need to be thinking, too!

[Necron 99]

Another great, thought provoking video from Daniel on "human-scaled" adventures.

[Ancalagon]

Human-scaled / humanocentric adventures are what I envision doing for Coeur de Lion (aka Mythic Britain) one of these years. I would, of course, sprinkle some supernatural occurrences from time-to-time to play on the folklore, myth and legend of the time but those would be exceptions and not the rules...

[Necron 99]

Daniel talks about the various aspects involving Exploration in (A)D&D.

[Necron 99]

Looking at and adjudicating illusions. I agree, keeping it simple and looking at the logic of circumstances surrounding the illusion, taking in the environment and actions of both the PCs and NPCs/monsters.