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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2607863" data-attributes="member: 30035">I'm with Heapthaumaturgist here. I have a GM who tends to do things similar to what you describe, and we all end up being frustrated because his &quot;obvious&quot; resolution isn't obvious to us, and we don't like being put in &quot;rock vs. hard place&quot; situations like your moral dilemma. One of my fellow players spent a month or more running a secondary character because the GM's &quot;obvious&quot; resolution to his main character's problem wasn't obvious to any of the players.It's certainly challenging to sometimes have to work with the bad guys, but I don't think making party survival dependent on that is a good way to go if you want to keep your players happy, let alone keep your campaign running. I know I'd be feeling very frustrated if I were the player who's been given the moral choice to make. My recommendation would be to find some other &quot;out&quot; for the party aside from betraying their convictions or death. Just try to avoid making it a deus ex machina moment.Always remember, when setting up situations:1. You can't always predict what the players will do.2. You can *never* predict what the dice will do.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2607863, member: 30035"] I'm with Heapthaumaturgist here. I have a GM who tends to do things similar to what you describe, and we all end up being frustrated because his "obvious" resolution isn't obvious to us, and we don't like being put in "rock vs. hard place" situations like your moral dilemma. One of my fellow players spent a month or more running a secondary character because the GM's "obvious" resolution to his main character's problem wasn't obvious to any of the players. It's certainly challenging to sometimes have to work with the bad guys, but I don't think making party survival dependent on that is a good way to go if you want to keep your players happy, let alone keep your campaign running. I know I'd be feeling very frustrated if I were the player who's been given the moral choice to make. My recommendation would be to find some other "out" for the party aside from betraying their convictions or death. Just try to avoid making it a deus ex machina moment. Always remember, when setting up situations: 1. You can't always predict what the players will do. 2. You can *never* predict what the dice will do. :) [/QUOTE]

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