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<blockquote data-quote="prabe" data-source="post: 8010873" data-attributes="member: 7016699">Action resolution is for resolving actions. It's not about making decisions (except in specific cases where it specifically is). Deciding to sneak by the guard is not the same thing as resolving the attempt to do so.The only way it has anything to do with making a mistake is if the PCs don't want to fight the guards, or if they would prefer to enter quietly. There was some discussion as to whether it was good scenario design to have the fight at the gate look impossible, or whether it was attempting to guide the PCs to a preferred alternative; my position is that it can be good design, and it doesn't have to involve any GM preferences, but it could be bad and there could be some rails coming into play. The only relevant mistake to be made would arguably be a failure to look for the sewer entrance if the PCs wanted to get in without interacting with the guards on the gate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prabe, post: 8010873, member: 7016699"] Action resolution is for resolving actions. It's not about making decisions (except in specific cases where it specifically is). Deciding to sneak by the guard is not the same thing as resolving the attempt to do so. The only way it has anything to do with making a mistake is if the PCs don't want to fight the guards, or if they would prefer to enter quietly. There was some discussion as to whether it was good scenario design to have the fight at the gate look impossible, or whether it was attempting to guide the PCs to a preferred alternative; my position is that it can be good design, and it doesn't have to involve any GM preferences, but it could be bad and there could be some rails coming into play. The only relevant mistake to be made would arguably be a failure to look for the sewer entrance if the PCs wanted to get in without interacting with the guards on the gate. [/QUOTE]

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