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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5987518" data-attributes="member: 87792">Likewise.&nbsp; If I know what sort of things my PC is expected to be able to do within the rules I am a lot more confident about trying them and pushing them than I would be in a game where I needed to read the DM's mind unless I knew that DM incredibly well.&nbsp;Also I want to know precisely what powers the OP thinks that I as DM have lost in 4th ed that I had in 1st ed or have in D&amp;D next.&nbsp; I can and do happily houserule actions where I need to - I just need to do it a whole lot less.&nbsp; I can tell the players &quot;no&quot; to just about anything and in my experience they will accept it.&nbsp;In fact I'd go so far as to say that as DM I have a lot more freedom in 4th ed than I do in any other edition of D&amp;D.&nbsp; For a simple reason - I have all the power I had in pre-3E, but I also have the power relax, sit back and let the PCs plan unfurl with only a few light touches.&nbsp; I am not being compelled to make things up every time the PCs want to do something cool.&nbsp;And, for the record, 3.X and 4e are incredibly different in terms of the workload for the DM and how rules light they are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5987518, member: 87792"] Likewise. If I know what sort of things my PC is expected to be able to do within the rules I am a lot more confident about trying them and pushing them than I would be in a game where I needed to read the DM's mind unless I knew that DM incredibly well. Also I want to know precisely what powers the OP thinks that I as DM have lost in 4th ed that I had in 1st ed or have in D&D next. I can and do happily houserule actions where I need to - I just need to do it a whole lot less. I can tell the players "no" to just about anything and in my experience they will accept it. In fact I'd go so far as to say that as DM I have a lot more freedom in 4th ed than I do in any other edition of D&D. For a simple reason - I have all the power I had in pre-3E, but I also have the power relax, sit back and let the PCs plan unfurl with only a few light touches. I am not being compelled to make things up every time the PCs want to do something cool. And, for the record, 3.X and 4e are incredibly different in terms of the workload for the DM and how rules light they are. [/QUOTE]

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