Re: What difficultly level do you play one?

On 7/10/2024 4:22 AM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:28:12 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
 

Another one of my pet peeves, monsters that just inhabit rooms waiting
to be killed by some passing adventurers. Do they never eat, sleep, work?

 Ah, the Gygax approach. Yeah, that's why 2e introduced this whole novel
concept called "ecology." That and the idea that creatures - that should
be mortal enemies - are just hanging out in one room, never leaving,
while the other group they hate hangs out in another is silliness.
 

Actually B2 Keep on the Borderlands (Gygax module) had a lot of things where monsters would react differently and even do things like the goblins throwing food down a hole to get their friend the ogre to come help them against the party.  It was quite possible to pit them against each other, and also suggested restocking the dungeon after some time. It suggested that they were all in an uneasy balance of power and didn't attack each other much due to that, and once the PCs arrive they start thinking more about allying because of the threat.
One of my favorites just for that reason.
The G series has some reaction stuff too (also Gygax)
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