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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9555429" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Right, I get that you meant it in irony.&nbsp; I was disagreeing with your conclusion that Gary would assume that any Assassin player asking about making poisons was cheating by peeking.&nbsp; The DMG and PH both assume that Assassins will naturally be using poisons whenever the DM gives them the opportunity, and I think Gary assumed that it was natural for the players to be asking about making poisons themselves.&nbsp; That any Skilled Player would think of that and try it.I read his pronouncements about passive-aggressively punishing players in-game (with invisible mummies, bolts from the blue, or less-than-honorable death by other means) as hyperbolic and tongue in cheek.&nbsp; Though they still set a bad tone and precedent and I think history shows that too many people read that stuff literally.And yes, his making artifacts variable from campaign to campaign was a much better technique than his silly pronouncements of &quot;Off limits!&nbsp; No peeking OR ELSE!&quot;100% on all of that.Yep!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9555429, member: 7026594"] Right, I get that you meant it in irony. I was disagreeing with your conclusion that [I]Gary [/I]would assume that any Assassin player asking about making poisons was cheating by peeking. The DMG and PH both assume that Assassins will naturally be using poisons whenever the DM gives them the opportunity, and I think Gary assumed that it was natural for the players to be asking about making poisons themselves. That any Skilled Player would think of that and try it. I read his pronouncements about passive-aggressively punishing players in-game (with invisible mummies, bolts from the blue, or less-than-honorable death by other means) as hyperbolic and tongue in cheek. Though they still set a bad tone and precedent and I think history shows that too many people read that stuff literally. And yes, his making artifacts variable from campaign to campaign was a much better technique than his silly pronouncements of "Off limits! No peeking OR ELSE!" 100% on all of that. Yep! [/QUOTE]

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