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.
The Bandit's Keep - Travel and Getting Lost
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“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
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Emphasis mine.Necron 99 wrote: ↑July 24th, 2024, 9:27 am<snip>
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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Exactly! DMs have enough to do. Players need to be thinking, too!
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Another great, thought provoking video from Daniel on "human-scaled" adventures.
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
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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...
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Daniel talks about the various aspects involving Exploration in (A)D&D.
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” - Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien