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<blockquote data-quote="Weregrognard" data-source="post: 4498022" data-attributes="member: 26396">This past weekend, I was running a certain adventure* that features an encounter with patches of mushrooms as an obstacle.&nbsp; The patches of mushrooms have random detrimental properties when disturbed.&nbsp; After the encounter, a player identified one of the mushroom patches with a successful Dungeoneering check.&nbsp; The player then asked me: &quot;Can I harvest some for later use?”&nbsp; Instead of saying &quot;Yes&quot; and perhaps, &quot;give me another Dungeoneering check&quot;, I was seized with an irrational, paranoid fear of player abuse.&nbsp; Instinctively, I said no then rationalized my decision by saying that the properties of the mushrooms only function as a patch and can't be duplicated by harvesting a small amount.&nbsp; To add to the player’s disappointment, I also mentioned that trying to harvest the mushrooms would count as &quot;disturbing&quot; the patch.&nbsp; What a crock of BS!&nbsp; I could have let the player harvest some with a Dungeoneering check and maybe allowed a one-use, cool effect or something.&nbsp; But no, I was a bad DM this time.So what shall be my penance for this sin?&nbsp; Does anyone else have a bad DM sin to confess?*too lazy to use spoiler tabs</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weregrognard, post: 4498022, member: 26396"] This past weekend, I was running a [I]certain adventure*[/I] that features an encounter with patches of mushrooms as an obstacle. The patches of mushrooms have random detrimental properties when disturbed. After the encounter, a player identified one of the mushroom patches with a successful Dungeoneering check. The player then asked me: "Can I harvest some for later use?” Instead of saying "Yes" and perhaps, "give me another Dungeoneering check", I was seized with an irrational, paranoid fear of player abuse. Instinctively, I said no then rationalized my decision by saying that the properties of the mushrooms only function as a patch and can't be duplicated by harvesting a small amount. To add to the player’s disappointment, I also mentioned that trying to harvest the mushrooms would count as "disturbing" the patch. What a crock of BS! I could have let the player harvest some with a Dungeoneering check and maybe allowed a one-use, cool effect or something. But no, I was a bad DM this time. So what shall be my penance for this sin? Does anyone else have a bad DM sin to confess? [I]*too lazy to use spoiler tabs[/I] [/QUOTE]

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