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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7381266" data-attributes="member: 42582">Yes, I feel much the same way.There are a lot of affinities here with what I posted in reply to [MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION] before reading your posts.When the PCs in my main 4e game went off to hunt the purple worm that had swallowed the duergar Frameth who was carrying a box holding the fifth segment of the Rod of Seven Parts, they arranged to acquire some limestone before setting out, their theory being that that would help negate the stomach acid inside the worm. (I just had a look at my notes of this - it dropped the damage from 30/round to 20/round.) I don't need to &quot;arrange&quot;, as GM, for the PCs to encounter a wise old alchemist who suggests &quot;Why don't you take some of my limestone with you?&quot; I mean, it would never have occurred to me in any event! (I'm a humanities scholar, not a cook or a chemist.) I can't remember what sort of check we made - maybe Dungeoneering to find some in a hurry from one of the duergar workroom? - but it was resolved quickly and then we got back to the main action.If the players want allies, or limestone, or whatever, they'll declare those actions and we'll resolve them. If not, then not. No GM hand-holding or intersection-narration required!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7381266, member: 42582"] Yes, I feel much the same way. There are a lot of affinities here with what I posted in reply to [MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION] before reading your posts. When the PCs in my main 4e game went off to hunt the purple worm that had swallowed the duergar Frameth who was carrying a box holding the fifth segment of the Rod of Seven Parts, they arranged to acquire some limestone before setting out, their theory being that that would help negate the stomach acid inside the worm. (I just had a look at my notes of this - it dropped the damage from 30/round to 20/round.) I don't need to "arrange", as GM, for the PCs to encounter a wise old alchemist who suggests "Why don't you take some of my limestone with you?" I mean, it would never have occurred to me in any event! (I'm a humanities scholar, not a cook or a chemist.) I can't remember what sort of check we made - maybe Dungeoneering to find some in a hurry from one of the duergar workroom? - but it was resolved quickly and then we got back to the main action. If the players want allies, or limestone, or whatever, they'll declare those actions and we'll resolve them. If not, then not. No GM hand-holding or intersection-narration required! [/QUOTE]

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