Exploration is a pillar of roleplaying games

Exploration is a common pillar of roleplaying games. This could be from exploring a dungeon, tomb or castle to survive in the wilds.

Exploration encounter goals

• Finding an NPC whilst being hidden
• Finding a safe area in time
• Stealing an artefact in a maze
• A moving maze

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Reference

Let’s Design an Adventure: Encounters and the Three Pillars

Highlights or timestamps

Let’s Design an Adventure: Encounters and the Three Pillars Highlights

• the game’s designers talked frequently about the “three pillars” of D&D: combat, exploration, and roleplaying/social interaction

— ^f651d9 from Let’s Design an Adventure: Encounters and the Three Pillars Highlights