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A question came up today on the FB group regarding a typo within a particular PS scenario. The typo itself was rather innocuous - a scythe was listed in a stat block of having a crit range and multiplier of '19-20/x2', which is in conflict to the weapon's standard '20/x4'.A conversation followed in which multiple parties stated (paraphrased): "never ever deviate from the text as written no matter what", with the instruction to use the unmodified typo. The implication is that we, as thinking people, are 'not allowed' to correct obvious mistakes when running scenarios.
While I do agree with the notion of 'run it as written', I tend to think this is a philosophy, and not a religion. What I saw 'written' in this case was a typo, and I do not feel I am wavering from the intent and challenge of the scenario by correcting this typo in game.
Are we really so hand bound that we are unable to correct even the most mundane of mistakes within Pathfinder Scenarios? I just can't imagine that we are. Am I alone on this? Thoughts?
Knowing Gamers, it may be a question of "awareness" as in being able to see clearly in broad daylight vs candle light. Many of our fellow gamers tend to be a bit sleep deprived and perhaps need to be able to "step back and breath". Does a Litch need to breathe? if not then perhaps developing a habit of taking the a restful interval to allow the brain (your brain, not the ones consumed) to recognize an error in wording or statistics would be a good habit to develop?