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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 5595597" data-attributes="member: 99">I feel your pain.  The simple fact is this:  Unless you are a genius and your players are morons then it's nearly certain that the group of them is smarter than the one of you.  They're going to ask questions that you're not ready to answer.  Since this fact is so central to the gaming experience then I tend to embrace it rather than fight it.The way to do this in my opinion is to ask yourself any questions that seem obvious and try to address those things.  If possible, present it to another person, apart from your players, who might be able to look at it from another angle (my wife is amazing at this).  After that you just gotta roll with the punches and hope that your general setting knowledge and a good poker face can get you through the inevitable rough spots.For example, if caught flat footed when they ask about scrying rituals, you could have said, "Of course we tried that!  And it killed the professor who did the ritual!  We're dealing with some VERY dangerous people here, which is why they must be stopped!"  I might, on my good days, be fast enough to come up with that one on the fly without it sounding like BS.This leads me to mention one of my favorite GM resources, too often underutilized, which can help you out of these jams:  The bathroom.When in doubt, go to the bathroom.  If you drink as much soda as I do during a game session then you probably need to go to the bathroom anyway.  When the players put you on the spot, go to the bathroom where those expectant faces aren't staring at you, making creative thought all but impossible.  Come up with the best answer you can in a minute and then go back to the game table and run with it.Eventually you'll either get better at thinking on your feet or your players will stage an intervention and give you the name of a good urologist.</blockquote>

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