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<blockquote data-quote="Dorian_Grey" data-source="post: 7172504" data-attributes="member: 6801878">When PCs are stupid, they get burned. Simple as that.Me: &quot;The thieves guild in the city is notorious for their slippery ways. They move around through sewers and rooftops, and rumors swirl that there are probably a hundred different routes the thieves use to come and go from their lair under the Broken Yard Tavern. The bartender, long suspected to be the head of the gang, easily deflects the city guard when they come searching, often laughing openly when they accuse him of crimes.&quot;PCs: &quot;Let's go to that tavern, and challenge him!&quot;Me: *Slams head to table.*No matter how much I talk about thinking through problems, looking for alternative routes, promising full XP for any encounter defeated in any manner (i.e. bribing the guards to leave = full XP, sneaking over the wall instead of fighting the guards = full XP), I'll still get groups that have one tool and one tool only: frontal assault.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dorian_Grey, post: 7172504, member: 6801878"] When PCs are stupid, they get burned. Simple as that. Me: "The thieves guild in the city is notorious for their slippery ways. They move around through sewers and rooftops, and rumors swirl that there are probably a hundred different routes the thieves use to come and go from their lair under the Broken Yard Tavern. The bartender, long suspected to be the head of the gang, easily deflects the city guard when they come searching, often laughing openly when they accuse him of crimes." PCs: "Let's go to that tavern, and challenge him!" Me: *Slams head to table.* No matter how much I talk about thinking through problems, looking for alternative routes, promising full XP for any encounter defeated in any manner (i.e. bribing the guards to leave = full XP, sneaking over the wall instead of fighting the guards = full XP), I'll still get groups that have one tool and one tool only: frontal assault. [/QUOTE]

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