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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 3734007" data-attributes="member: 4720">I did read it.  My point is that "multiple paths to success" is an illusion in almost all cases (at least in D&D).  Sure, the paths might be laid out in better adventures, and certainly were when I did my damnedest to build them in myself, but you almost never have enough characters capable of following it.Result: The players kick in the door again, because it's the only thing at which ALL of them are good.  EDIT: Correction: It's the only thing at which all of them are competent.As has been pointed out at least a half dozen times in this thread, D&D does not provide nearly as much versatility in skills for most characters as legitimately skills-based systems, which is the source of the problem.  No one EVER has enough points in the skills they need to get interesting things done, unless you've got a party full of rogues and bards who consulted with each other on what bases to cover.... in which case the party sucks at combat if you don't stack the environment in their favor or entirely change the nature of encounters.</blockquote>