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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5729922" data-attributes="member: 9037">It really depends on who the player is that is asking.Some players I know are just trying to have fun not break or game the game so I lean towards yes a lot more. But I also have players that if you allow something they will expect it to be that way always they won't accept the I am going to say yes for now and then research the rules later. They will argue with the line but you allowed it that time.For example I was not the DM but a player and we were fighting a dragon. The one player managed to get on the back and his plan was to hack away with his two handed sword at the dragon's wing joint. The DM ruled he could do it but each time he had to make a balance check not to fall off the moving dragon. Not being the DM I kept my opinion that attacking one particular part would make it a called shot to myself.I mentioned it to the DM in private and she said she had thought of that but wanted to make the game fun and it was as a cool idea so she didn't want to penalize the player's idea to much. Plus since the dragon was huge and its wing joint was a rather big target it shouldn't be that hard to hit. It came back to bite her in the butt because the same player was fighting another rogue and wanted to hit him in his sword arm so she told him it was a called shot and he threw a hissy fit and brought up the dragon. When she explained her reasoning he grumbled about DMings changing rules and played the long suffering player with I just want the rules to always be consistent. The reality is he is fine if the rules are bent in his favor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 5729922, member: 9037"] It really depends on who the player is that is asking. Some players I know are just trying to have fun not break or game the game so I lean towards yes a lot more. But I also have players that if you allow something they will expect it to be that way always they won't accept the I am going to say yes for now and then research the rules later. They will argue with the line but you allowed it that time. For example I was not the DM but a player and we were fighting a dragon. The one player managed to get on the back and his plan was to hack away with his two handed sword at the dragon's wing joint. The DM ruled he could do it but each time he had to make a balance check not to fall off the moving dragon. Not being the DM I kept my opinion that attacking one particular part would make it a called shot to myself. I mentioned it to the DM in private and she said she had thought of that but wanted to make the game fun and it was as a cool idea so she didn't want to penalize the player's idea to much. Plus since the dragon was huge and its wing joint was a rather big target it shouldn't be that hard to hit. It came back to bite her in the butt because the same player was fighting another rogue and wanted to hit him in his sword arm so she told him it was a called shot and he threw a hissy fit and brought up the dragon. When she explained her reasoning he grumbled about DMings changing rules and played the long suffering player with I just want the rules to always be consistent. The reality is he is fine if the rules are bent in his favor. [/QUOTE]

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