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To be fair, simple whim might drive the players to choose an alternate path. I'd argue part of the point of playing a TTRPG of any...

If I write an adventure out fully, it's done well in advance of anyone playing it and I read it over and over again in hopes of catching...

It was. Frustration can, however, sometimes also be and-or lead to good fun.

Lets use that example of the party trying to break into a kitchen (forget the rest of the backstory, as I have not been following every...

Sure, this is fine (though personally I'd include a small % chance the Ogre is at neither location but is in transit between the two or...

I don't think this is really true. Let's say we have a scenario where there are two paths through a wood. One passes by a cave where...

Somewhat dependent on situation and-or intent. If the players are specifically trying to avoid the Ogre it's flat-out bad DMing to put...

The best way I can put this is that having some player-side visible prep - setting maps, history, cosmology, maybe brief notes about a...

Huh. I never tell them how long they have unless there's an in-fiction way of their knowing it, and wouldn't consider this nearly...

Maybe I'm not understanding then. The example I gave was of an unknown time limit that could(not would) render all those efforts null...

If you run a pre-established setting, much of the pre-establishment has been done for you. The same with pre-written adventures like...

1e DMG page 35: Cost Of Successful Employment: In addition to the costs of getting prospective henchmen to seek employment, the player...

In my games, stay-at-homes level slower, but they can and do level.

It's an issue for some people, a non-issue for others. That's all we can fairly say. All this "most people agree with me" stuff is...

Depends. If the PCs are the only ones who know about a particular threat to the setting, maybe there is a risk if they fail. Or maybe...