Former Starfield dev says all decisions on Bethesda RPGs "run through" Todd Howard: "He would hate, hate, hate me for saying that"

That tactic for his crazy monster designs is a classic psychological trick, but I can't remember what it's called. It's a thing where you're more likely to get someone's help by first asking for more help than you want/need, and then when rejected, you can scale it back, and they'll more likely concede