Quote Originally Posted by Talakeal View Post
So, I had a thought.

Why is it the GM's job to assume the players forget things?
Why isn't it the player's job to say they don't remember something?

It just seems weird that we have a presumed scenario where the players forgot an important piece of information, and then rather than come right out and say they forget, they act all evasive and cagey when asked a direct question. Right?

I just don't get why I am the one at fault for not forcing the issue.
Well for one, it is the DM's job to keep track of all the information as the worldbuilder. But more directly, if the players don't remember something... then they don't remember it. They definitionally can't tell you what they don't know because they don't know it!