Think you’re tenacious? You’re actually a greedy fuck.
“Always finds another way” is a great trait for a villain but not really helpful when you’re the person who’s supposed to work out how they do that after your players have burned their castle down with them in it – it is also the opposite of a clear path forward for you, the person who has to work it out.
Source: Ken Whitman The Whitman Method: Becoming a Great Games Master in the Face of Chaos (15 April 2026) Ken Whitman as Ken Whitman Game, at Chapter Three: Failure Is Not The End, page 30