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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 821088" data-attributes="member: 177">Personally, I don't think there's any knowledge that a good intentioned, thoughtful GM shouldn't use.&nbsp; If his intent is to give you excitement, and tell a good story, then there's no problem with him using any piece of information.&nbsp; The DM can only &quot;cheat&quot; if you have an adversarial relationship with him.&nbsp; You see, in a battle of wits, generally the players will beat the DM.&nbsp; They generally will have better tactics for one simple reason - they have many minds to put to the problem, where the DM has one.&nbsp; Only rarely do you have a DM who can consistently beat his players in an even fight.&nbsp; So, how is he supposed to challenge you?&nbsp; The best tools available to the DM to deal with this are information and forethought.I doubt locking up the sheets will help, in the long run.&nbsp; It doesn't force him to use better tactics.&nbsp; He can still just use tougher challenges.&nbsp; All you've done is force him to do so in an uninformed manner, rather than an informed way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 821088, member: 177"] Personally, I don't think there's any knowledge that a good intentioned, thoughtful GM shouldn't use. If his intent is to give you excitement, and tell a good story, then there's no problem with him using any piece of information. The DM can only "cheat" if you have an adversarial relationship with him. You see, in a battle of wits, generally the players will beat the DM. They generally will have better tactics for one simple reason - they have many minds to put to the problem, where the DM has one. Only rarely do you have a DM who can consistently beat his players in an even fight. So, how is he supposed to challenge you? The best tools available to the DM to deal with this are information and forethought. I doubt locking up the sheets will help, in the long run. It doesn't force him to use better tactics. He can still just use tougher challenges. All you've done is force him to do so in an uninformed manner, rather than an informed way. [/QUOTE]

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