tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post4320832161441318706..comments2024-03-27T03:18:19.290-04:00Comments on Aeons & Augauries: The Issue of Megadungeon VersimilitudeJDJarvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-66297901529998425192014-06-16T18:16:18.942-04:002014-06-16T18:16:18.942-04:00I really think a lot of the issue is format and pr...I really think a lot of the issue is format and presentation. Boxed text is also an evil that forces ove development of the meaningless cutting into room for signifigant data.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-41229898509034815512014-06-16T14:39:10.536-04:002014-06-16T14:39:10.536-04:00On what do you base this claim that most megadunge...On what do you base this claim that most megadungeons are "grindy dungeon crawls with no internal logic or consistency?"Black Vulmeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04270071699114783644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-11347347062095639762014-06-16T12:48:23.503-04:002014-06-16T12:48:23.503-04:00I actually agree with most of the points here.
I...I actually agree with most of the points here. <br /><br />I suppose my issue is that the bulk of published megadungeon adventures usually have all of the faults I outline in my blog (and none of the considerations included here). A good GM can certainly include a large, sprawling realistic encounter setting in their campaign... but when you look at the "genre" (for lack of a better word) of megedungeons, they mostly consist of grindy dungeon crawls with no internal logic or consistency.<br />Raging Owlbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556804177905125874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-29531181794718475582014-06-16T07:51:22.503-04:002014-06-16T07:51:22.503-04:00I'd say the definition on said wiki only fits ...I'd say the definition on said wiki only fits some folks notions of versimilitude.<br />JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-11649228187397222272014-06-16T07:42:35.579-04:002014-06-16T07:42:35.579-04:00Er, rather the wiki of the game I plan to run even...Er, rather the wiki <em>of the game</em> I plan to run eventually. I guess, technically, I already run the wiki. ;-)Restlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586442439173490257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-26230673326347362932014-06-16T07:37:44.155-04:002014-06-16T07:37:44.155-04:00I sort of addressed the whole issue of verisimilit...<a href="http://wiki.megadungeon.org/public/reference/definitions#verisimilitude" rel="nofollow">I sort of addressed the whole issue of verisimilitude on the definitions page of the wiki I plan to run eventually.</a>Restlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586442439173490257noreply@blogger.com