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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7103254" data-attributes="member: 29398">Because the point of the exercise is the end, not the means.As lives depend on the work you do, isn't that a very strong motivation to just get it right no matter what it takes to do so?  Here in particular it would seem the ends being correct are paramount and the choice of means to get them there is almost irrelevant.(side note: can't 'recall' something I didn't know in the first place - cool! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )In a much less serious vein, the same applies to how we run our games.  The end result is what matters, not the means by which it is achieved; and if to get the desired end result (an enjoyable game people will want to play again next week) means I have to sometimes dive into my well-stocked bag of DM tricks and pull out a rabbit or two then I'm going to reach in and start grabbing ears.I'm not perfect.  I don't always reach for the bag at the right time, or pull out the right rabbit when I do.  Sometimes the rabbit even bites me, in that my meddling only makes things worse.  But, hey...them's the breaks - and maybe I'll know better next time. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-"sir, there's a vorpal bunny in your top hat"-efan</blockquote>

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