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<blockquote data-quote="Omegaxicor" data-source="post: 5974459" data-attributes="member: 95351"><p>I may come off as a bit stern so forgive me (I have had a similar situation as the player, although I got stopped at the buying of the item by the DM saying "this town doesn't have that" to several of my ideas <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> )</p><p></p><p>1) the DMs guide is for the DM. if he wants to read it fair enough but noone is bound by law to follow those rules and noone is bound by law to tell the players when you deviate from those rules, it is the player's job to ask "can I buy this" not just assume he can. If it was in the PHB then that would be different...</p><p></p><p>2) EVERYTHING has to go by DMs approval, if the player's want to find an inn in the town to sleep in, they ASK the DM if there is one the same goes for everything else.</p><p></p><p>3) I would however mention to the player, carefully perhaps, that he is welcome to the ring of flight and you commend him on out-thinking the puzzle you laid out for him but the ring he bought was not DM approved and therefore unreliable and halfway across the gap his ring fails and he falls, it also turns him to stone and the player's have to break the ring from his finger to free him from petrification, you would have mentioned to him that the ring was unreliable had he told you he bought it...problem solved everyone lives and learns <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>either way I get the feeling from your OP that it was a genuine mistake rather than an attempt to Batman (is it Batman that always has the right tools for the job, I forget) his way through the game, so I would redact the ring and continue on, making sure to give him his money back of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaxicor, post: 5974459, member: 95351"] I may come off as a bit stern so forgive me (I have had a similar situation as the player, although I got stopped at the buying of the item by the DM saying "this town doesn't have that" to several of my ideas :( ) 1) the DMs guide is for the DM. if he wants to read it fair enough but noone is bound by law to follow those rules and noone is bound by law to tell the players when you deviate from those rules, it is the player's job to ask "can I buy this" not just assume he can. If it was in the PHB then that would be different... 2) EVERYTHING has to go by DMs approval, if the player's want to find an inn in the town to sleep in, they ASK the DM if there is one the same goes for everything else. 3) I would however mention to the player, carefully perhaps, that he is welcome to the ring of flight and you commend him on out-thinking the puzzle you laid out for him but the ring he bought was not DM approved and therefore unreliable and halfway across the gap his ring fails and he falls, it also turns him to stone and the player's have to break the ring from his finger to free him from petrification, you would have mentioned to him that the ring was unreliable had he told you he bought it...problem solved everyone lives and learns :) either way I get the feeling from your OP that it was a genuine mistake rather than an attempt to Batman (is it Batman that always has the right tools for the job, I forget) his way through the game, so I would redact the ring and continue on, making sure to give him his money back of course. [/QUOTE]
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