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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9478291" data-attributes="member: 6801228">What if the character senses panic, characterized by a tightness in their chest and a cold sweat over their body? Does the DM tell them that?Why can't they be inside the mind of an NPC? If I write a backstory and explain that my Father left the family because he was scared of his enemies attacking us, then I have entered and described the mind of an NPC. And... what reason do you actually have to swoop in as the DM and say "No, you are wrong, that isn't what happened."? I'm not saying DMs don't do that, I'm asking WHY they do that. Simply because it is an NPC and they felt like it?How do you know that NPC is Dynamic with their agenda? Maybe their agenda is static and unchanging. Maybe their agenda is incredibly simple. Again, other than "that's an NPC therefore I reserve all rights to change everything about them with no warning or consultation" why would you decide that a Sentient Dagger that wants to kill as many people as possible, is REALLY a mad angel who wishes to cleanse sin, and therefore they have been going through a millenia long plan to gather souls so that they can be used to....ect ect ect. Again, I know many DMs WOULD do that. But I'm asking for the root reasoning. Is there anything there beyond "I'm the DM, so I can do what I want."?</blockquote>