D&D 5E When RAW goes too far

[atanakar]

Naw, dog, that's ridiculous. By that reasoning, since the rules never address pcs having kids, even in a generations-spanning campaign, you can never play your children when they're old enough to adventure. You can't control a kingdom. You can't establish a mine and run it for profit. You can't try to build a never-before-seen device. You can't even paint your house. Because there aren't rules for it.

They are called down time activities. You should try them. They are really fun.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Video of someone dropping a 65lb bag of garbage into a lava pool:


It penetrates the crust. Then either the lava itself gets gassy or water in the trash vaporizes. Ether way, it's not gentle.

tl;dr:
Fall in lava, you die.

 

[dave2008]

If the game doesn't say you can do it, you can't, no matter how clever you think you are.
If the game says you can do it, you can.

Aren't improvised actions in the rules, so couldn't you, by RAW, improvise an action?

 

[Oofta]

Video of someone dropping a 65lb bag of garbage into a lava pool:


It penetrates the crust. Then either the lava itself gets gassy or water in the trash vaporizes. Ether way, it's not gentle.

tl;dr:
Fall in lava, you die.

Just because you don't sink, doesn't mean there's going to be enough left of you to matter. I mean, technically for the most part you will float. As tiny, tiny pieces of ash and smoke.

 

[the Jester]

They are called down time activities. You should try them. They are really fun.

Show me the downtime activity for painting your house. If you can't, then you've got to either drop your earlier assertion that if it isn't in the rules you can't do it, or you need to acknowledge that you cannot, in fact, paint your house.

Also, show me any rules in the game for having, rearing, or playing your next generation.

 

[MGibster]

Familiars 'helping' in combat is stupid. It's a loophole where 'out of combat' help requires that the character be able to attempt the thing but 'combat' help doesn't specify that.

I could see where having a bird flapping in your face during a sword fight might prove distracting and give my opponent an example. I have a tough time seeing how a frog might distract a giant so your point stands.

 

[atanakar]

Aren't improvised actions in the rules, so couldn't you, by RAW, improvise an action?

It's called role-playing. Page 6 How to play section 2. «The player describes what they want to do.»

 

[Fenris-77]

I could see where having a bird flapping in your face during a sword fight might prove distracting and give my opponent an example. I have a tough time seeing how a frog might distract a giant so your point stands.

With a rousing rendition of his best showtune medley. Yeesh. How else is a frog going to distract a giant? You can't crush people with a club when you're toe tapping in time to Hello Dolly.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Just because you don't sink, doesn't mean there's going to be enough left of you to matter. I mean, technically for the most part you will float. As tiny, tiny pieces of ash and smoke.

Right.. if it's thick enough you don't sink, it's still like slamming into a 1000 degree concrete slab.

Boiled egg or fried egg: Either is pretty bad for the egg!

 

[MGibster]

With a rousing rendition of his best showtune medley. Yeesh. How else is a frog going to distract a giant? You can't crush people with a club when you're toe tapping in time to Hello Dolly.

That is such a good point. I take it back. A frog can distract anyone!