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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mattachine" data-source="post: 5869133" data-attributes="member: 6678226">* Creating a monster to explain why all these 10'x10' dungeon corridors is clean is a game mechanics monster in my book.In any case, I agree that a DM shouldn't have to make rulings on everything, but we make them when we have to. No rulebook has come out without the need to make rulings or houserules. Sometimes, errata never comes, or only comes in the form of "official rulings" in Dragon Magazine (back in the 1980's, for instance). The fact that a few powers left off an important keyword (such as Fear, which would be great for Come and Get It), doesn't indict the whole system.I don't see a dichotomy between concise, specified rules and the DM making common sense rulings. Both should exist.We both seem to agree that the new DMG, whatever form it takes, should have a specific section on making rulings, with guidelines about making them. Some editions have done this well, and some have not.</blockquote>