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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 9856615" data-attributes="member: 7031982">No, I'm not assuming they are doing this blind without any information about risk/reward.&nbsp; I meant that you didn't describe it as a choice between two dangerous things; you only described the one choice, and I think the possibility of other choices is critical to this question.Whether or not they know the odds and consequences is not really relevant if they don't have other choices.I guess I wouldn't consider getting into a boat and trying to sail it across the water in a fantasy game a &quot;dumb&quot; thing to do.&nbsp; In real life?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; But not dumb in the sense of leaping onto a hostile dragon's back or trying to charm a lich or cutting off your own head because you think you found Vecna's Head.My general test to any action declaration is &quot;Can I turn this into a complication that would result in some difficult/interesting decision-making?&quot;&nbsp; If I can't, then I don't like to ask for dice rolls just because &quot;this would probably be hard IRL&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 9856615, member: 7031982"] No, I'm not assuming they are doing this blind without any information about risk/reward. I meant that you didn't describe it as a choice between two dangerous things; you only described the one choice, and I think the possibility of other choices is critical to this question. Whether or not they know the odds and consequences is not really relevant if they don't have other choices. I guess I wouldn't consider getting into a boat and trying to sail it across the water in a fantasy game a "dumb" thing to do. In real life? Sure. But not dumb in the sense of leaping onto a hostile dragon's back or trying to charm a lich or cutting off your own head because you think you found Vecna's Head. My general test to any action declaration is "Can I turn this into a complication that would result in some difficult/interesting decision-making?" If I can't, then I don't like to ask for dice rolls just because "this would probably be hard IRL". [/QUOTE]

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