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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 1765003" data-attributes="member: 2002">As a player, I love finding creative ways to solve problems and hate it when the GM gets upset because I've upset his carefully planned out apple cart.As a GM, I love it when the players find a creative way around a problem that I hadn't thought of.&nbsp; Such as when I forgot that the party cleric had access to Waterwalk.&nbsp; They came to a ford, only to find that it had been &quot;removed&quot;.&nbsp; Instead of going 100 miles out of their way to a bridge, they simply camped overnight and walked across the river the next day.&nbsp; In the process, they avoided the potential ambush that had been laid out on the way to the bridge.&nbsp; Good for them!Of course, that meant that they never discovered who had removed the ford or got their goodies, but it was never mandatory that they do so.As for the &quot;Ogre on a boat&quot; scenario, I can see two issues I'd have with simply setting it alight and cutting it adrift.&nbsp; As a GM, I'd first have the boat owner going ballistic that they would even consider such an option.&nbsp; Demanding compensation if they do so.&nbsp; (Always remember that someone owns that boat and boats ain't cheap!).&nbsp; Secondly, the harbor master and town leaders would be aghast at the idea of setting a ship alight and cutting it loose in their harbor.&nbsp; What if it drifts into the other ships?&nbsp; What if it burns the entire town to the ground?&nbsp; &quot;Are you mad???&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 1765003, member: 2002"] As a player, I love finding creative ways to solve problems and hate it when the GM gets upset because I've upset his carefully planned out apple cart. As a GM, I love it when the players find a creative way around a problem that I hadn't thought of. Such as when I forgot that the party cleric had access to [i]Waterwalk[/i]. They came to a ford, only to find that it had been "removed". Instead of going 100 miles out of their way to a bridge, they simply camped overnight and walked across the river the next day. In the process, they avoided the potential ambush that had been laid out on the way to the bridge. Good for them! Of course, that meant that they never discovered who had removed the ford or got their goodies, but it was never mandatory that they do so. As for the "Ogre on a boat" scenario, I can see two issues I'd have with simply setting it alight and cutting it adrift. As a GM, I'd first have the boat owner going ballistic that they would even consider such an option. Demanding compensation if they do so. (Always remember that [i]someone[/i] owns that boat and boats ain't cheap!). Secondly, the harbor master and town leaders would be aghast at the idea of setting a ship alight and cutting it loose in their harbor. What if it drifts into the other ships? What if it burns the entire town to the ground? [i]"Are you mad???"[/i] [/QUOTE]

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