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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9510605" data-attributes="member: 29398">It's also in the rules, right there in the play loop: the DM describes (or narrates) the scene.&nbsp; The player declares an action.&nbsp; The DM describes (or narrates) the results.&nbsp; Lather, rinse, repeat.Which rather explicitly puts the describing of the scene (which includes all the elements of said scene) in the DM's purview and only in the DM's purview.&nbsp; Hence, &quot;DM-side only stuff&quot;.&nbsp; This also means that if, in the players' view, the DM describes the scene inadequately then before declaring any actions it's incumbent on the players to ask for further description and-or clarification.This isn't &quot;mother may I&quot;, it's the play loop working as intended.Now obviously you can change this to allow players to also describe or add scene elements when declaring actions, but that's more than just a kitbash: it's a rather fundamental change to the root kernel around which the entire system revolves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9510605, member: 29398"] It's also in the rules, right there in the play loop: the DM describes (or narrates) the scene. The player declares an action. The DM describes (or narrates) the results. Lather, rinse, repeat. Which rather explicitly puts the describing of the scene (which includes all the elements of said scene) in the DM's purview and only in the DM's purview. Hence, "DM-side only stuff". This also means that if, in the players' view, the DM describes the scene inadequately then [I]before declaring any actions[/I] it's incumbent on the players to ask for further description and-or clarification. This isn't "mother may I", it's the play loop working as intended. Now obviously you can change this to allow players to also describe or add scene elements when declaring actions, but that's more than just a kitbash: it's a rather fundamental change to the root kernel around which the entire system revolves. [/QUOTE]

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