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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3167244" data-attributes="member: 28553">That works for me.  Even in heroic fiction, you'll occasionally see the heroes caught dead to rights by a bunch of mooks, and forced to come quietly to the evil mastermind's dungeon.  The laws of physics and common sense are thrown out regularly, sure, but it's fine to bring them back into play when it's dramatically appropriate.Just tell the players "They've totally got the drop on you, and they basically can't miss.  If you go along with them, you will get chances to escape or talk your way out."  If there's a reasonable amount of player-GM trust in the group, it should be cool.I think what that is is a paraphrased scene from Watchmen, when Rorschach is in prison with his enemies.  It is one of the awesomest scenes in the comics medium.  The actual line is something more like "You don't get it.  I'm not locked in here with you; you're locked in here with me."</blockquote>