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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8268455" data-attributes="member: 53980">That's true. However, it wasn't what I was referring to.Let's say that the PCs are locked in a cell and set to be executed at dawn. This enemy is smart. They use an overwhelming number of guards to escort the PCs and the cell itself is warded against magic.However, these PCs recently watched an episode of McGuyver where he mixes two chemicals to produce an explosion that blows up a wall and allows McGuyver to escape. And by some luck, it just so happens that there's some lichen growing on the wall of this cell with one of these chemicals, and an insect crawling around the cell with the other. Let's say that in the first scenario the DM has also watched this episode. The PCs combine these chemicals, blow the cell, and escape. Huzzah!In the second scenario, the DM recently watched an episode of MythBusters where that episode of McGuyver was busted. While those chemicals do produce a reaction, it's nowhere close to the force necessary to blow up a wall or a cell door. The plan fails and it's a TPK at dawn.Identical scenarios, with the key difference being whether the DM thought their plan should be able to succeed or not. It has nothing to do with the difficulty presented by the scenario itself. It would still succeed/fail if there was only a single bumbling guard and the cell had no warding.</blockquote>