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<blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 4846970" data-attributes="member: 64066">I really want to throw in my support on this statement.I can't tell you how many times the games from an otherwise good DM's have become tedious and frustrating because the DM arbitrary restrictions on players (that were more restrictive than the basic rules) for the sake of &quot;realism&quot;.I remember vividly house rules like:DM: &quot;Just leveling and getting new spells, feats, and skills automatically is too unrealistic.&nbsp; Everyone will have to receive training through the course of adventures in order to train ranks in the skills and feats you want, and you will have to have access of places of research to learn new spells... &quot;Player: &quot;But... this adventure is mostly nothing but swamps and jungles in a kingdom where Arcane magic is forbidden by law...&nbsp; I'm level 3 now and I'm still stuck using the same spells I started with at level 1!&quot;Or...DM:&nbsp; &quot;My world has wild magic and dead magic zones, where your arcane spells may act differently or not at all.&nbsp; You won't be able to automatically no when you're in such a zone, but you might sense it, depending on the secret roll I make.&quot;Player: &quot;Great... but why aren't there dead zones where the prayers can't be heard by clerics, or where shields magically don't work for fighters?&quot;DM: That's just how arcane magic is, it's unpredictable and mysterious.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N0Man, post: 4846970, member: 64066"] I really want to throw in my support on this statement. I can't tell you how many times the games from an otherwise good DM's have become tedious and frustrating because the DM arbitrary restrictions on players (that were more restrictive than the basic rules) for the sake of "realism". I remember vividly house rules like: [B]DM[/B]: "Just leveling and getting new spells, feats, and skills automatically is too unrealistic. Everyone will have to receive training through the course of adventures in order to train ranks in the skills and feats you want, and you will have to have access of places of research to learn new spells... " [B] Player[/B]: "But... this adventure is mostly nothing but swamps and jungles in a kingdom where Arcane magic is forbidden by law... I'm level 3 now and I'm still stuck using the same spells I started with at level 1!" Or... [B]DM[/B]: "My world has wild magic and dead magic zones, where your arcane spells may act differently or not at all. You won't be able to automatically no when you're in such a zone, but you might sense it, depending on the secret roll I make." [B]Player[/B]: "Great... but why aren't there dead zones where the prayers can't be heard by clerics, or where shields magically don't work for fighters?" [B]DM[/B]: That's just how arcane magic is, it's unpredictable and mysterious." [/QUOTE]

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