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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8405485" data-attributes="member: 3400">Wow! That's a bad read. Considering I'm behind the DM's screen considerably more than half the time I'm playing D&D, I know quite well the cost of setting up challenges for a group of creative players. The difference is I recognize that the DM always has and will have functionally unlimited choices no matter what their PCs throw at them if they want to challenge them. The balance of power in this relationship is still in the DM's hands.Worried that flying PCs will trivialize an obstacle? Add things/creatures to the area that can complicate the situation. Got an underground chasm you are worried that flyers may trivialize? Add cave fishers or darkmantles who can keep the situation hazardous. Lots of scouting about in the wilderness? Flyers draw attention and are relatively easy to spot. And if they do trivialize a potential encounter? So what? There are a lot of encounters in a D&D world that can be expected to be trivial - easily avoided, easily defeated, or dealt with via interaction. That I may tailor a few in a different way than I would if there were no flyers in the group isn't that big a deal. Chances are the players will do something completely unexpected anyway!</blockquote>