Thomas Shey
Legend
Going out of your way to have the worst traits of written rules when you don't have to seems to be particularly perverse.
D&D General Alternate thought - rule of cool is bad for gaming
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Going out of your way to have the worst traits of written rules when you don't have to seems to be particularly perverse.
Thomas Shey
Legend
I'll be blunt: there are things even with the most thought, you just aren't going to get right the first time. Some times the implication of a rule doesn't show itself until much later with repeated use.
Like I said, being that unwilling to change strikes me as a classic example of taking a virtue and turning it into a vice.
Thomas Shey
Legend
Huh. I bow down to your rules mastery, have an updoot. I probably don't remember it because I don't think we ever had flying mounts.
The AD&D 1e rules were so notoriously specific and special case that I suspect even at its peak if you looked around for people who both knew and used all of them, you could probably count them on your fingers.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Agreed; and when those mistakes pile up to the point of no return I'll sink the campaign, revisit the rules from top to bottom, and start fresh.
Lessons learned the hard way from my first two long campaigns have helped keep this one going for as long as it has; and the bad-rulings quotient is way down (thus far!). The bigger issue I'm finding this time around is some class imbalances that take a long time to manifest; I've some fixes in mind but they're on hold until-unless I start a new campaign/setting (which might be quite a while off yet).
Between campaigns everything's wide open to change. Within a campaign, consistency is king.
I'd be surprised if that rules has been in any D&D book since Gygax's DMG.
It's kind of an interesting house rule though, or at least the start of one. I'd probably up the percentage and do something a little less final than "can't fly".
Thomas Shey
Legend
Keep biting off your nose to spite your face, man.
Bedrockgames
I post in the voice of Christopher Walken
I don't have an issue with the rule of cool itself. I think the problem arises when people think every table should be using it. For some tables it is going to add to the game. For others, it isn't what they are trying to do
Exactly. When inviting people to your game it's just one of the things you should discuss. Same as if you have an existing group. Goes hand-in-hand with accepting that not every player is right for my game and vice versa.
KYRON45
Hero
I feel like when we hold on too tightly to the rules we are missing out on the true wonder of the game. My group always defers to the DM for the final say in the moment so that he can maintain the consistency as it’s happening. After the session all things are open for debate and it’s not uncommon for the whole group to agree to a ret-con or rewrite.
We once had a session grind to a halt because someone came up with something so mind boggling that no one knew how to handle the situation. The DM finally made a judgment call and we moved on.
By all means; take your game seriously but always keep in mind it’s not only just a game but it's a game you hope everyone wants to keep playing.
We once had a session grind to a halt because someone came up with something so mind boggling that no one knew how to handle the situation. The DM finally made a judgment call and we moved on.
By all means; take your game seriously but always keep in mind it’s not only just a game but it's a game you hope everyone wants to keep playing.
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