Dragonlance Dragonlance: It's Not A Flowchart (spoilers)

[Morrus]

Is this diagram in WotC's Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen a flowchart? Jess (in this excerpt from Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk) has strong feelings about it.

NOTE MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE ADVENTURE!

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#229: Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen | Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica take a look at Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen. In the news, new One D&D playtest document released, two more new Dungeons & Dragons releases, release date for Blade Runner, an update on Hellboy, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the finding...

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[DragonBelow]

Yeah I thought it was silly to call that a flowchart too

 

[toucanbuzz]

I'll argue that technically it is a flowchart because it helps you understand what must be done in order to get to the next phase of a process. Below is a "high level" flowchart. There's no "if then" because it's unnecessary.

Speaking of unnecessary, a flowchart for a sequential D&D adventure. It's not complex. It might be useful if there were "if then" scenarios, but that would really be suited for a sidebar.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Jess is right. There needs to be flow in the flowchart in order for the definition to be met. No arrows; no flow.

 

[bedir than]

I'll argue that technically it is a flowchart because it helps you understand what must be done in order to get to the next phase of a process. Below is a "high level" flowchart. There's no "if then" because it's unnecessary.

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Speaking of unnecessary, a flowchart for a sequential D&D adventure. It's not complex. It might be useful if there were "if then" scenarios, but that would really be suited for a sidebar.

What you have has arrows.

As Jess points out, Shadow of the Dragon Queen's chart does not