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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8145754" data-attributes="member: 29398">GM saying to the Ranger's player &quot;You're on the Desolate Plains, remember, so your chance of finding anything is slim to none&quot; has the same effect.Well I'm not going to tell you ahead of time what makes the NPC tick if your PC has no way of knowing that info.&nbsp; And, just like your PC, any relevant NPC is going to have their own personality and motivations in place before you meet it...they're not blank slates waiting for you-the-player to fill them in.&nbsp; What they are is in-game people who your in-game person has to deal with as they are.Whatever.&nbsp; You know full well what I mean.She could have believed it, or she could have not believed it; and it sounds like much would hinge on this.&nbsp; But instead of invoking mechanics (which you seem quite ready and willing to do most of the rest of the time) you handwaved it to suit yours and the player's desires...which would likely be fine, other than it's exactly the sort of GM force you often argue against.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8145754, member: 29398"] GM saying to the Ranger's player "You're on the Desolate Plains, remember, so your chance of finding anything is slim to none" has the same effect. Well I'm not going to tell you ahead of time what makes the NPC tick if your PC has no way of knowing that info. And, just like your PC, any relevant NPC is going to have their own personality and motivations in place before you meet it...they're not blank slates waiting for you-the-player to fill them in. What they are is in-game people who your in-game person has to deal with as they are. Whatever. You know full well what I mean. She could have believed it, or she could have not believed it; and it sounds like much would hinge on this. But instead of invoking mechanics (which you seem quite ready and willing to do most of the rest of the time) you handwaved it to suit yours and the player's desires...which would likely be fine, other than it's exactly the sort of GM force you often argue against. [/QUOTE]

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