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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7315087">I think this is one of the bigger complaints I have with some GMs.&nbsp; If preparing for the known unknowns (possibilities of bandit ambuses) just means we're going to get ambushed by bears instead (an unknown unknown), what's the point?&nbsp; Sure we can't expect to have perfect knowledge of what's before us, but if we have reasonable expectations that the danger we need to concern ourselves with is bandit attacks, doesn't that seem to imply that bear attacks are not a reasonable expection?&nbsp; In a table I had to walk away from the DM operated like this.&nbsp; We could prepare for rain...and we'd get a tornado.&nbsp; We could prepare for sun, and we'd get a blizzard.&nbsp; The consequences of us attempting to prepare for reasonable possible outcomes was more extreme impossible outcomes, things we could never have seen coming.I don't mind as a player, being expected to take reasonable preparations based on known knowns (bandit attacks) and known unknowns (rumors the bandits have been experimenting with lycanthrope-blood), but there's a clear line between when you have reasonable prepared for possible outcomes....and the DM just wanting to hit you with a stick.&nbsp; Some DMs like to hit their players with sticks, and it shows pretty quickly.&nbsp; It's also fairly tiring.&nbsp; In the game I mentioned above, we basically stopped preparing for anything and planning anything out...because it was simpler to just do it and take the stick as it comes than to bother with thinking ahead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 7315087"] I think this is one of the bigger complaints I have with some GMs. If preparing for the known unknowns (possibilities of bandit ambuses) just means we're going to get ambushed by bears instead (an unknown unknown), what's the point? Sure we can't expect to have perfect knowledge of what's before us, but if we have reasonable expectations that the danger we need to concern ourselves with is bandit attacks, doesn't that seem to imply that bear attacks are not a reasonable expection? In a table I had to walk away from the DM operated like this. We could prepare for rain...and we'd get a tornado. We could prepare for sun, and we'd get a blizzard. The consequences of us attempting to prepare for reasonable possible outcomes was more extreme impossible outcomes, things we could [I]never[/I] have seen coming. I don't mind as a player, being expected to take [I]reasonable[/I] preparations based on known knowns (bandit attacks) and known unknowns (rumors the bandits have been experimenting with lycanthrope-blood), but there's a clear line between when you have reasonable prepared for possible outcomes....and the DM just wanting to hit you with a stick. Some DMs like to hit their players with sticks, and it shows pretty quickly. It's also fairly tiring. In the game I mentioned above, we basically stopped preparing for anything and planning anything out...because it was simpler to [I]just do it[/I] and take the stick as it comes than to bother with thinking ahead. [/QUOTE]

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