Weregrognard
First Post
This past weekend, I was running a certain adventure* that features an encounter with patches of mushrooms as an obstacle. The patches of mushrooms have random detrimental properties when disturbed. After the encounter, a player identified one of the mushroom patches with a successful Dungeoneering check. The player then asked me: "Can I harvest some for later use?” Instead of saying "Yes" and perhaps, "give me another Dungeoneering check", I was seized with an irrational, paranoid fear of player abuse. Instinctively, I said no then rationalized my decision by saying that the properties of the mushrooms only function as a patch and can't be duplicated by harvesting a small amount. To add to the player’s disappointment, I also mentioned that trying to harvest the mushrooms would count as "disturbing" the patch. What a crock of BS! I could have let the player harvest some with a Dungeoneering check and maybe allowed a one-use, cool effect or something. But no, I was a bad DM this time.
So what shall be my penance for this sin? Does anyone else have a bad DM sin to confess?
*too lazy to use spoiler tabs
So what shall be my penance for this sin? Does anyone else have a bad DM sin to confess?
*too lazy to use spoiler tabs