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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7836613" data-attributes="member: 4937">Part of my table philosophy as a DM involves what I call the &quot;Kindergartner Rule&quot;, which states that, &quot;Any thing that an imaginative 5 year old could attempt to do, any PC ought to be allowed to attempt to do.&quot; It may in fact be a terrible idea, and like the 5 year old they may lack the skills to successfully accomplish it, but they can and ought to be allowed to at least try.So for example, the Kindergartner Rule insists that &quot;climb&quot; is not something that only thieves can do. It insists that grappling doesn't require a special silo'ed ability, and that anyone can, if they are grappled with something attempt to throw that someone. In other words, a 5 year old may not be proficient at anything, but if you can attempt to do it without proficiency then it should not require proficiency (or a class, or a feat, or whatever) to attempt it. Following the &quot;Kindergartner Rule&quot;, &quot;I attempt to throw sand in my opponent's face&quot; is a valid proposition. Five year olds could propose to do that, and I can even imagine a 5 year old being successful it at versus another five year old (probably by sheer accident, because the average 5 year old will end up throwing it down rather than up into the face). Then by the rule there must be some chance that this will work when proposed by the PCs. You may be right that not every proposed action or trope can be replicated in D&amp;D, but I don't have a meta-rule that tells me what those actions or tropes are.&nbsp;&nbsp; The one I have invented that works for my table is that &quot;Kindergartner Rule&quot;, and it turns out to</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7836613, member: 4937"] Part of my table philosophy as a DM involves what I call the "Kindergartner Rule", which states that, "Any thing that an imaginative 5 year old could attempt to do, any PC ought to be allowed to attempt to do." It may in fact be a terrible idea, and like the 5 year old they may lack the skills to successfully accomplish it, but they can and ought to be allowed to at least try. So for example, the Kindergartner Rule insists that "climb" is not something that only thieves can do. It insists that grappling doesn't require a special silo'ed ability, and that anyone can, if they are grappled with something attempt to throw that someone. In other words, a 5 year old may not be proficient at anything, but if you can attempt to do it without proficiency then it should not require proficiency (or a class, or a feat, or whatever) to attempt it. Following the "Kindergartner Rule", "I attempt to throw sand in my opponent's face" is a valid proposition. Five year olds could propose to do that, and I can even imagine a 5 year old being successful it at versus another five year old (probably by sheer accident, because the average 5 year old will end up throwing it down rather than up into the face). Then by the rule there must be some chance that this will work when proposed by the PCs. You may be right that not every proposed action or trope can be replicated in D&D, but I don't have a meta-rule that tells me what those actions or tropes are. The one I have invented that works for my table is that "Kindergartner Rule", and it turns out to [/QUOTE]

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