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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 8083721" data-attributes="member: 4881"><p>Maybe because the GM wanted to make a scene in an adventure that let the arcane trickster strut his stuff a little bit? Maybe because different games have different themes and the <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGuardsMustBeCrazy" target="_blank">bumbling guard</a> is a very common trope to have in an adventure. Maybe because the GM assumes that because their class ability allows the Arcane Trickster to use Mage Hand to pick pockets then it should actually be possible for them to do so.</p><p></p><p>As far as real world goes....my mother-in-law and her husband were both security guards. She retired last year and he is still working. She is so blind that she doesn't drive a car. Not all security is paramilitary green beret trained super soldiers.</p><p></p><p>My previous job was working for a company that leased water machines (those things you put the big jug of water on top of that cools it for drinking). One of our clients was an Air Force Base. When the tech would be dispatched to the base to swap filters and refill the jugs, they would show their ID at the base gate. Once inside the base NOBODY ever once stopped them or asked them what they were doing there. One of the machines was located in a building that had higher security than the rest of the base. The tech stepped up to the door as a high ranking officer was leaving. The officer said to the tech "Here, let me get that for you." as he held open the door so the tech could walk in with his jug of water over one shoulder and a clipboard in the other hand. The real world isn't James Bond style infiltration capers....it's a bunch of people who work long hours for crap pay who want to go home at the end of the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 8083721, member: 4881"] Maybe because the GM wanted to make a scene in an adventure that let the arcane trickster strut his stuff a little bit? Maybe because different games have different themes and the [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGuardsMustBeCrazy']bumbling guard[/URL] is a very common trope to have in an adventure. Maybe because the GM assumes that because their class ability allows the Arcane Trickster to use Mage Hand to pick pockets then it should actually be possible for them to do so. As far as real world goes....my mother-in-law and her husband were both security guards. She retired last year and he is still working. She is so blind that she doesn't drive a car. Not all security is paramilitary green beret trained super soldiers. My previous job was working for a company that leased water machines (those things you put the big jug of water on top of that cools it for drinking). One of our clients was an Air Force Base. When the tech would be dispatched to the base to swap filters and refill the jugs, they would show their ID at the base gate. Once inside the base NOBODY ever once stopped them or asked them what they were doing there. One of the machines was located in a building that had higher security than the rest of the base. The tech stepped up to the door as a high ranking officer was leaving. The officer said to the tech "Here, let me get that for you." as he held open the door so the tech could walk in with his jug of water over one shoulder and a clipboard in the other hand. The real world isn't James Bond style infiltration capers....it's a bunch of people who work long hours for crap pay who want to go home at the end of the day. [/QUOTE]
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