one problem that i have seen in DND is that if an NPC tells the PCs a certain thing, there is this assumption that
the NPC is inherently telling the truth and cannot lie
the NPC's knowledge is complete and infallible because the assumption is that this DM is using this NPC to convey information directly from the DM
and it irritates the snot out of me.
this doesn't happen all of the time, but it happens sometimes with one of my PCs. i love her, but damn. the way her brain works is unique and sometimes it makes playing challenging - because when things don't work out in the way she assumed they would, she gets frustrated.
like... dude. NPCs can lie. NPCs can have half-truths. maybe they only know half the information - maybe it's true from THEIR perspective based on partial information. maybe they have their own objectives and goals and are trying to manipulate the party.
just because an NPC says it doesn't mean it's true or that it's direction from the DM on how we as PCs should proceed.
