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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8164316" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I don't see how this is a useful response to my statement. How is it not a 'dick move' for the GM to state, after however many sessions of searching, that all you found was your brother's parched bones and he was dead 10 years? The GM has complete freedom to NOT DO THAT, so what would motivate that behavior? By what theory of play would it be a better move than something more interesting? It simply doesn't hold water. Even in the most old-school forms of play this is really not good DMing. Again, there's simply no reason for it, except a) a GM so utterly rigid in their conceptions that they can't slightly adjust some piece of lore that might imply this result (or just add some additional confounding factor to change its outcome) or b) a GM who is actively interested in quashing even the smallest show of initiative and independence on the part of a player. Neither of these are redeeming features of a DM...</p></blockquote><p></p>