You know, back in the 80s when we played dungeons and dragons we would set up rather elaborate scenarios and put our characters into them. It was interesting training in situational awareness, albeit in a programmatic model, very much similar to your rpg I suspect, excepting for all the critters we incorporated.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)