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Sounds like bad players or poorly set expectations. And, as I have said many times, you could simply tell them no.

You need to back that up with some facts, because I've taught a bunch of folks who came to D&D from video games and zero of them were...

Your response sounds like game defense: using amorphous language definitions and positions to simply state, "I am above, no below, no to...

Having played this in 5e as part of the Yawning Portal, I can tell you that it does not matter if you rest or not. ;)

If the players have agreed to play their character in a roleplaying version of the game, then they will not ignore narrative...

It wasn't empty. It was open ended deliberately. Unless the group has agreed to play a boardgame instead of a roleplaying game when...

The concern may be that some groups after an encounter would/could wait 24 hours and THEN take a long rest. Perfectly valid gameplay if...

The Street Fighter method. Or would that be the KOF method? 🤔

I dare to say, that is a very toxic mindset.

You have people, in this very thread, who discount the DMG guidance. Who say the encounter math is ALL that matters. And any attempt to...

I like how Draw Steel fixed this issue by have PCs start at middle of their pwoer and make both sides stronger the longer the fight goes.

There is also the blatant disregard for Rules as Intended and exploiting vageuness in Rules as Written. If the rule say you cannot take...

Probably not if they come at such consistency that it prevents them from getting their long rests in, oh no, the bounty hunters who are...

The disconnect seems to be: There are some who believe narrative consequences are not "true" consequences and that players can just...