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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9631419">I wouldn't say 'prompt' here as it sounds like a computer program or pavlovian response to me. And to be clear, I am not saying this is how the process unfolds each time (there is going to be variability) Well we are talking about a broad range of styles and games so there isn't one response. And like I said, this is a gray area. But a GM could be more or less objective about it. So it isn't like this gray area diminishes something like 'honoring prep' if you don't want it to. I think most GMs try to figure out how probably it was the camera was there, and what it likely would have revealed if it were based on what he knows about the background of the scenario (and the is why when running mysteries, I think you start to learn to be more detailed because inevitably players start asking these kinds of questions). Yes, that is the nature of a ruling. This is going to vary by game, group and type of campaign. There are going to be different principles for different approaches. If you want the players to be really solving the mystery, then you want more objective principals, but it may be a space in the game where people want to open up some drama potential. It is really going to vary Part of the problem is we are talking about objective mystery scenarios while also talking about other things. So if I am trying to run this as a mystery scenario the players can solve, personally I won't worry too too much about these gray areas, because there is still plenty of solid background information that they handle more objectively. But I would tent to lean on what feels probable and using rolls because it is an unknown. I may even ask my players what they think is a fair percentage based on what is the most likely thing I am not sure breaking the process down is very helpful. You need to understand what a ruling is, and that the GM describes things and the players say what they want to do. But I would hesitate to get too prescriptive</blockquote>

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