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Originally Posted by tomc
... a reptile man with a pike ax blocking a 1 hex wide bridge across a functionally bottomless pit, with a pair of archers shooting from the entry hexes at the far end. Do you rush the pike ax and trade arrows with the archers? Who does the Wizard target for his lightning bolt? Maybe he summons a gargoyle (or an illusion of one) to sic on the archers.
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Originally Posted by Jackal
Totally stealing this for my next dungeon.
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This is a great example of excellent-design because it advances the "theatre" from simple: ACTION, and into complex: DRAMA. It is in the setting up situations where the characters not only have to overcome a direct obstacle between them and their goal, but are made to RIDE ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA, as sentient-beings in a symbiotic relationship with their situation; and therefore, are forced to make one critical decision of consequence from two choices; either of which - no matter which one they pick - has residual complications and implications!
Excellent, indeed.