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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fifth Element" data-source="post: 5549230" data-attributes="member: 48135">I can honestly say I have never seen this argument, ever. By far the biggest complaint about recent editions by fans of AD&D, IME, is that characters are much more strictly confined in their actions by the rules. Whereas in AD&D, the DM is free to rule thing however he liked. You say you want to try something, the DM improvises a mechanic (or simply makes a ruling), and off you go.There are a lot of tables in AD&D, sure, but they do not come near to covering "every situation imaginable". They covered a few things, but the DM was left to wing everything else. Whereas many people see 3E's tightly-defined skills to mean "if it's not listed here, you can't do it". I don't agree with that myself, but there are so many more things defined in 3E than in AD&D that I find your assertions quite strange.</blockquote>