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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8698723" data-attributes="member: 2629">As discussed repeatedly in this thread, the capability over-prepare is not an argument against preparing, just as the possibility of getting in a car accident doesn't mean nobody should drive.</blockquote>No, that's not the debate. I don't remember anyone suggesting that these should be used extensively and as your primary methods. The sides are &quot;fine occasionally to smooth things over&quot; (like you suggest) and &quot;NEVER!!!&quot;[/QUOTE]Except that the OP themself, while half heartedly saying that this technique can be overused as a hedge, suggests that some players prefer it.&nbsp; Further, they go on to say, &quot;it is fine to make sure every road goes where you want it to, as long as that is to somewhere amazing.&quot;Then three posts later we start to see the DMs that post about using this as their primary approach, and indicating they think it works to make a good game for the players with small criticisms on the edge of the approach:[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8698723, member: 2629"] As discussed repeatedly in this thread, the capability over-prepare is not an argument against preparing, just as the possibility of getting in a car accident doesn't mean nobody should drive.[/quote]No, that's not the debate. I don't remember anyone suggesting that these should be used extensively and as your primary methods. The sides are [I]"fine occasionally to smooth things over"[/I] (like you suggest) and [I]"NEVER!!!"[/I][/QUOTE]Except that the OP themself, while half heartedly saying that this technique can be overused as a hedge, suggests that some players prefer it. Further, they go on to say, "it is fine to make sure every road goes where you want it to, as long as that is to somewhere amazing." Then three posts later we start to see the DMs that post about using this as their primary approach, and indicating they think it works to make a good game for the players with small criticisms on the edge of the approach: [/QUOTE]

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