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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9464003" data-attributes="member: 6801845">What's your point?&nbsp; Rules matter, at the same time DM makes rulings all the time.&nbsp; Sometimes it's just not all that important and in order to game to keep the game moving I make a call.&nbsp; In other cases a target DC is up to the DM based on the specifics of the scenario.&nbsp;&nbsp; How far can they go on a side note, I&nbsp; wonder if the 2024 DMG will give more examples and guidance on this.&nbsp; There is certainly less &quot;Thou must play this way&quot; that we had in previous WotC versions of D&amp;D where it felt like they were trying to lock things down to a tournament type play.&nbsp; But that doesn't mean I, and every DM I've ever had, don't refer to and use the rules straight from the book the vast majority of time. They just acknowledge that you can't have rules that cover everything without a different level of abstraction than what D&amp;D assumes.&nbsp; So yes, sometimes the DM makes a call on the DC of that athletics check to jump the chasm if the PC can't do it automatically based on the long jump rules.&nbsp; Other times the DM may let a PC swing from the chandelier even if there are no specific rules for doing so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9464003, member: 6801845"] What's your point? Rules matter, at the same time DM makes rulings all the time. Sometimes it's just not all that important and in order to game to keep the game moving I make a call. In other cases a target DC is up to the DM based on the specifics of the scenario. How far can they go on a side note, I wonder if the 2024 DMG will give more examples and guidance on this. There is certainly less "Thou must play this way" that we had in previous WotC versions of D&D where it felt like they were trying to lock things down to a tournament type play. But that doesn't mean I, and every DM I've ever had, don't refer to and use the rules straight from the book the vast majority of time. They just acknowledge that you can't have rules that cover everything without a different level of abstraction than what D&D assumes. So yes, sometimes the DM makes a call on the DC of that athletics check to jump the chasm if the PC can't do it automatically based on the long jump rules. Other times the DM may let a PC swing from the chandelier even if there are no specific rules for doing so. [/QUOTE]

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