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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7758622" data-attributes="member: 6873517">I think the really big difference here is "as-is". My general mindset is that the game designers lay out a framework and it's up to me to interpret that or alter to suit my needs. I do know a number of folks who are much more "as-is" players, though. In my view, the designers lay out different levels of rule. Many things they lay out are primarily just suggestions or basic guidance. The general "the DM asks 'what do you do?' and the player calls for something" is basic guidance. Most of the time it's a good idea. In your case you consider it something the DM should do all the time; I'm willing to violate it in some cases when I think it heightens tension or moves the game along faster, though from thinking about it most of the time I'm probably in the 'what do you do?' camp. I'm also a user of things like informational rolls, which, while not directly listed in the rules, aren't a massive stretch from them. Other things the designers write are much more binding, such as how a particular power works. I would obviously think more carefully about an outright rule change, such as something that shifts the math or would markedly alter the power level of a character type. Some things fall into the "live with it" category. (Even Mike Mearls said he considers cyclic initiative a "live with it" for him.) You've indicated that the way saves work in 5E is like that for you. I too dislike them and have, at the current time, chosen to live with them rather than fix them up to be more to my liking. Partly this is because the people I play with haven't been enamored of a substantial change. By contrast, I think your choice is really about whether you like the game as written or not. I don't actually much care about that. If I don't like something or want it to shift, I change it. My favorite game is the heavily house ruled 2E I've played for many years. It's recognizably build on the 2E chassis, but it's definitely its own thing, having borrowed ideas from later editions (e.g., 4E movement rules or delay and ready). Of course, I'm not running this in any kind of organized play and have run it with a fairly small group of players, all of whom know how things go from long use. Anyway, interesting discussion.</blockquote>

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