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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9878002" data-attributes="member: 23751">If it's not quickly revealed, it's not being used.  If it is being used, it's quickly revealed.   You can't sneak something broken by the DM. He's there experiencing it with everyone else.No.  You've told them at the beginning that broken will not be allowed.  If the final brick breaks things, you take it away that final brick like they all agreed would happen, and then the player picks something else.  No precedent other than having the broken thing removed is set at all.I disagree.  The PC has clearly been good enough up until that moment. Taking something less than game breaking isn't going to nerf them into oblivion.As for that choice, it's not yours to make.  You told them during session 0 that broken would not be allowed and that player in bad faith tried anyway.  If his experience is ruined because you don't allow the broken thing to happen, he has only himself to blame.  HE made the choice. You're just enforcing his choice to have his broken toy removed.</blockquote>