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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6091247" data-attributes="member: 22779">See, I tend to get a bit... shirty when DM's start doing this.The only real reason that the checks are being forced is because you want me to "slog my way through the desert".  And, the DM will simply rule against the party until the checks are made. I mean, how hard would it really be to tie yourself to the creature if it's really that hard to ride?  Like I said, I figured that crossing the wasteland Fremen (Dune) style was totally cool.  But, then the DM steps in and starts forcing skill checks until we fail.  I hate this sort of thing with a passion to be honest.  The fact that I've come up with a way to hand wave our way across the desert should be a giant glowing neon sign that I don't want to piss about slogging across the desert.  We have a goal.  We're not exploring.  We are trying to get to the destination and I couldn't care less about the journey.  If I wanted to slog my way across the desert, I wouldn't have summoned a mount for the entire party in the first place.So, yeah, I really don't like this style of DMing.  And then punishing the party by withholding XP simply because we don't want to slog across the desert is just icing on the cake.  It's this sort of thing that I really believe strips players of any desire to try to be creative at the table.  When creativity is actively punished, why bother being creative?</blockquote>