That's fair enough Teardropmina, your argument is quite valid. There will be exceptions of course (a forgotten item or other mis-preperation for example) but there are usually exceptions for most 'maxims'...
I wasn't having a personal attack on your roleplaying viewpoint so no offense intended.
I perhaps took your earlier post a bit literally about 'shouldnt and roleplaying'.
To clarify, I was expressing the view that anyone who arbitrarily states how something should be roleplayed without qualifying what they say as an opinion, is in danger of seeming dogmatic, if you understand me. It is a subjective choice since there are often countless ways of roleplaying a scenario and all kinds of factors involved. Hope that all somehow makes sense now.
Meanwhile....I just destroyed the Demi-Lich using an enraged Korgan to negate the evil mass imprisonment it nailed my party with in our first meeting. Are now currently in anti-illithid and anti-umber hulk mode.
Cheers,
Cerebrodragon