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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Solvarn" data-source="post: 5304374" data-attributes="member: 59666">Good pointsIn order to make anything happen at a table you need buy-in from everyone involved. If your players can't agree that you need to be the ultimate authority on ruling, and you feel you need that authority to deliver the experience you want for your players, then you're at an impasse. One feature of 3E and to a greater extent 4E is that it requires less adjudication from the DM in order to function. Some people think this is a bug, but it is in fact a feature. This lessened adjudication was incorporated by design to make DMing "easier". That fact alone means that it may not be the best system for all players and groups.  Less adjudication. If you are just playing by the rules as written without bending, your game is suffering for it. Look at recent changes to damage expressions for monsters. Those changes have been needed for a very long time. Anyone that has DM'd awhile and hasn't attempted to address some of the issues inherent with 4E (solos and damage specifically) isn't wrong, but is simply missing out. If as a player you are fighting your DM for trying to make their game better, you suck. The paradox of this whole viewpoint is that if however you are playing, if everyone is having fun, then the product has accomplished its goal. I just think that there is a great amount of potential lost in this generation of gamers.</blockquote>