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Have the monsters work in the brothel.

Do characters have to pray tot he god of fire to light a tindertwig?

My examples were Inspiration, Action Surge and Hit Points. They're in both versions of 5e and one has been around and explained in the same way since the beginning.

A first level wizard can just rip the population of that world out of it and into ours. There are canonical open portals are aren't guarded at all. And the 'good stuff' on the elemental earth realm aren't common gems. They're common enough that, as Max person said, entire populations of...

So your assertion is that the core rulebooks are optional?

I'm not talking about your preference or mine. I'm talking about how the game is.

That's... that's the core rulebooks. The core rulebooks should be what you need to start. you and I do not need a DMG. We know what we're doing. We need more modular books that address the kind of advanced things we want to do, not the basic book people should start with. Starter sets are...

There is an infinite plane of earth full of infinite gems though. The default world makes zero sense and probably shouldn't try.

I don't feel like there's a lot that's come out for me as a DM to actually use. While I understand that this years (and next) were for the new edition, all that really came out were adventures that I don't use as a non-homebrewer and some nostalgia bait that wasn't targeting my nostalgia...

I'd say what you actually need is a guide on how to DM.

Let's start with Inspiration. It can come from either an in-universe or meta source, but when Inspiration is used is entirely player-side with the option for the player to flavor it as being in-universe. Or Action Surge; if we're making real life comparisons, you can't turn your adrenaline on...

The justifications aren't rule, they're flavor text... which is the argument at hand, I guess? Like, can a player just make justifications and be at peace or must the game enforce a justifications and put them on everything, even the stuff that exists in a narrative space that shouldn't be...

Okay, but seriously what does an experienced DM need in a DMG that's so vital that it's worth roadblocking new DMs and forcing them to buy a whole other product to get started? Also, how great an idea is it to add another 40 to 60 dollars to the price of admission to D&D?

Shouldn't they logically do better because they have magic and monsters? There's monsters that just exclusively exist to command earth and stone and a mage of limited competence can conjure them into being.

They can still make other justifications than the default. Spell slots aside from the Jack Vance method could be something else. Personally, I never use the 'precasting' explanation the game pushes, and certainly not FR's 'weave'.

We're talking about it instead of just telling people it's just an opinion or preference to cut off discussion and declare victory.

Why do we need to? 2 immediately implies the default assumption and has a justification written in the book.

And people can disagree with those preferences and critique points you publicly put forth concerning them. Unless you'd prefer if we just shouted that it's just your preference or opinion at you forever.

Absolutely no one is saying 2 doesn't exist. Spell slots are a thing. Daily charges on items are a thing. There used to be others, but only magic gets to do things anymore, but they're still inarguably there.

It's more like the game, being a game that has both an in and out of universe existence has both 1 and 2 and sometimes there's narrative justifications either explicit in the game or implicit for the player for 1.