Domesticated Animals: LGCS vs adventures [Archive] - Wizards Community

Domesticated Animals: LGCS vs adventures [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Mortepierre
02-02-06, 03:36 AM The LGCS (p.40) outlines the same rule as the one described in the PHB (Handle Animal skill section), namely that commanding an animal to perform a trick is a move action, and "pushing" it is a full-round. So far, so good.

The problem is that all the adventures (regional, meta-regional, and core) I've run lately (and that includes year 5 adventures) have a confusing sentence in the LG LEVELS OF PLAY section. The text (which I guess is just a copy/paste of an old adventure template) states "This is a free action (spoken command) that may be attempted each round."

Either the template you use for writing adventures needs to be corrected, or the appropriate section of the LGCS needs to be amended to account for that substantial change to the rules.
gomeztoo
02-02-06, 04:31 AM There is an update of the scenario template in which this is fixed.
I don't know if everyone has the update.
But this is not an LGCS issue.
Mortepierre
02-02-06, 05:49 AM I know, but I figured this was as good a time as any to draw the attention of the powers-that-be to the problem :P

Any chance of you posting here an excerpt of the "new" template, so that DM can show it to players convinced the "old" one is the right one?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Mortepierre 02-02-06, 03:36 AM	The LGCS (p.40) outlines the same rule as the one described in the PHB (Handle Animal skill section), namely that commanding an animal to perform a trick is a move action, and "pushing" it is a full-round. So far, so good. The problem is that all the adventures (regional, meta-regional, and core) I've run lately (and that includes year 5 adventures) have a confusing sentence in the LG LEVELS OF PLAY section. The text (which I guess is just a copy/paste of an old adventure template) states "This is a free action (spoken command) that may be attempted each round." Either the template you use for writing adventures needs to be corrected, or the appropriate section of the LGCS needs to be amended to account for that substantial change to the rules.
gomeztoo 02-02-06, 04:31 AM	There is an update of the scenario template in which this is fixed. I don't know if everyone has the update. But this is not an LGCS issue.
Mortepierre 02-02-06, 05:49 AM	I know, but I figured this was as good a time as any to draw the attention of the powers-that-be to the problem :P Any chance of you posting here an excerpt of the "new" template, so that DM can show it to players convinced the "old" one is the right one?