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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9364435" data-attributes="member: 12731">As long as you understand that unless the players know you and your DMing style, you absolutely must have a "session 0" where you tell them these things. Explicitly and overtly.If I can have my monsters ambush you when your character takes a bathroom break, the theoretical idea "you should not have script immunity against this" might seem reasonable, but it needs to be communicated. (Most players simply expect bathroom breaks to be handled "not at all", completely invisible to the gameplay around the table.)And I don't mean communicated in sweeping or vague terms. You need to tell your players explicitly what kind of DM you are, with concrete examples like "you can lose your spellbook; I will assume you keep backups".Maybe this didn't need to be stated out loud in 1984, but it definitely needs to be in 2024.Modern players are conditioned into certain expectations, and the idea there is no script immunity as regards mere conveniences will not occur to them unless you say so exceedingly clearly.</blockquote>