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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8134936" data-attributes="member: 6779310">THe question isn't if they get to make stuff up... it's whether their decisions are informed (based upon available knowledge at decision time) and that decisions makes a difference in the game state and/or fiction state (in other words, the outcome is based upon their decision).If you aren't providing adequate information,  based upon the current game and story states, then there's no agency because the decision is based upon less data than the character should have.If their decision has no impact, that is, you haven't an idea before their decision of what the outcomes will be before they decide, then agency is lost because their decision has no meaning.Only YOU can answer the latter part. Your players have a valid view on the first - occasionally, you might want to ask if they feel they've known what their characters should before decision time - but again, you as GM have a better fix overall. So, ask yourself, "Are my players getting the information to make a reasonably informed decision, and do I have two or more outcomes in mind that make a difference in story and game states before they decide?"</blockquote>