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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7567146" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>What I do is not care about how a player arrives at a decision since that's not part of my role as DM - I only narrate the result of what they try to do. In addition, I already know they're going to be making choices that are fun for everyone and will help create an exciting, memorable tale, so nobody needs to police anything. But also, many purposeful actions chosen by the player can easily be explained as being purposeful by the character but for a another reason that makes sense or even dumb luck. For example, the player wants to end the polymorph effect so describes the panicked toad caught in a raging battle who, in a dimwitted bid to get away, unfortunately leaps under the shoe of the running bard and is squished. Doesn't that sound like a thing that could happen? It does to me: The fighter is back to normal and prone, perhaps having been robbed of a turn of more productive movement and actions. Someone cracks a Frogger joke, and we all have a laugh.</p><p></p><p>And if I as DM don't think that's a great possible outcome, then I could just have the sea hag turn the fighter into a killer whale as was already stated upthread. Then watch in satisfaction as the players have their characters grapple the hags and drag them kicking and screaming toward the whale's open mouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7567146, member: 97077"] What I do is not care about how a player arrives at a decision since that's not part of my role as DM - I only narrate the result of what they try to do. In addition, I already know they're going to be making choices that are fun for everyone and will help create an exciting, memorable tale, so nobody needs to police anything. But also, many purposeful actions chosen by the player can easily be explained as being purposeful by the character but for a another reason that makes sense or even dumb luck. For example, the player wants to end the polymorph effect so describes the panicked toad caught in a raging battle who, in a dimwitted bid to get away, unfortunately leaps under the shoe of the running bard and is squished. Doesn't that sound like a thing that could happen? It does to me: The fighter is back to normal and prone, perhaps having been robbed of a turn of more productive movement and actions. Someone cracks a Frogger joke, and we all have a laugh. And if I as DM don't think that's a great possible outcome, then I could just have the sea hag turn the fighter into a killer whale as was already stated upthread. Then watch in satisfaction as the players have their characters grapple the hags and drag them kicking and screaming toward the whale's open mouth. [/QUOTE]
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