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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4480953" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Heh Cadfan. I seem to recall that particular rant.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, it depends on what you feel the role of the rules should be. Are the rules something that informs the world that the PC's act in, or are they a collection of mechanics for resolving events?</p><p></p><p>I come in on the latter. I think rules are there solely for resolving conflict (and by conflict I mean any event in the game where failure is a possibility, not just combat). I don't need the rules to tell me how the world looks or operates. That's my job as the DM.</p><p></p><p>I think this is one of the big reasons why I don't play a lot of setting specific games for very long. Vampire, CoC, etc. They all tailor their mechanics for one very specific setting. I use D&D for all sorts of settings and campaigns. The only link between them is fantasy and fantasy is so broad that it can contain an awful lot of stuff.</p><p></p><p>So, no, I don't need the mechanics to tell me that a given monster lives in place X and acts in Y manner. That's my job. I actually had a player once tell me that I was using a creature wrong (manticore as I recall) because it was in the wrong climate/terrain. ((As I recall it was forests instead of deserts)) All because the climate/terrain line in the 2e MM said that I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>I just want the mechanics to give me the monster. I remember a fair bit of debate when WOTC previewed the Phane. People complaining that the creature's mechanics didn't inform the world that it lived in. </p><p></p><p>To me, who cares? That's my job as the DM to figure out how a Phane operates in my world. It's my world after all. Why should the MM dictate my world to me. I find it very strange, that with all the inveterate world builders there are on this site that they should so strongly desire WOTC to tell them what their world looks like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4480953, member: 22779"] Heh Cadfan. I seem to recall that particular rant. At the end of the day, it depends on what you feel the role of the rules should be. Are the rules something that informs the world that the PC's act in, or are they a collection of mechanics for resolving events? I come in on the latter. I think rules are there solely for resolving conflict (and by conflict I mean any event in the game where failure is a possibility, not just combat). I don't need the rules to tell me how the world looks or operates. That's my job as the DM. I think this is one of the big reasons why I don't play a lot of setting specific games for very long. Vampire, CoC, etc. They all tailor their mechanics for one very specific setting. I use D&D for all sorts of settings and campaigns. The only link between them is fantasy and fantasy is so broad that it can contain an awful lot of stuff. So, no, I don't need the mechanics to tell me that a given monster lives in place X and acts in Y manner. That's my job. I actually had a player once tell me that I was using a creature wrong (manticore as I recall) because it was in the wrong climate/terrain. ((As I recall it was forests instead of deserts)) All because the climate/terrain line in the 2e MM said that I was wrong. I just want the mechanics to give me the monster. I remember a fair bit of debate when WOTC previewed the Phane. People complaining that the creature's mechanics didn't inform the world that it lived in. To me, who cares? That's my job as the DM to figure out how a Phane operates in my world. It's my world after all. Why should the MM dictate my world to me. I find it very strange, that with all the inveterate world builders there are on this site that they should so strongly desire WOTC to tell them what their world looks like. [/QUOTE]
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