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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5308379" data-attributes="member: 71571">Agreed.Not to mention, roleplay doesn't mean 'describe your intent'.&nbsp; It means 'describe your role.'Anyone who thinks that it is better roleplay to describe things before you know what happens rather than after is failing to understand what roleplay is.&nbsp; It's just that... playing a role.&nbsp; Waiting to see how the dice land before describing what happens is no less valid than describing things and getting overruled by the dice.Not to mention, are you requiring a wizard to describe the methods by which he summons fire before he casts a spell against a fire elemental?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Because it's fantasy and you just assume wizards can do fantastic things.&nbsp; (Also, fire elementals being immune to fire is logically the same as things of the natural plane being immune to nature.&nbsp; Think about that for a second.)So the wizard gets the 'he does awesome things' pass because his powers say 'I can do this awesome thing.'&nbsp; Fighters get the -exact same- consideration.&nbsp; I don't need to explain how my grab-expert fighter can grab a swarm, because I am not an expert in grabbing, and couldn't begin to explain it.&nbsp; But the fighter IS, and he does so, because he has a power that says 'I can do this awesome thing.'&nbsp;&nbsp; Summoning fire gets a pass.&nbsp; Grabbing doesn't?Give me a break.&nbsp; This is D&amp;D not MMA-Simulation-System.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 5308379, member: 71571"] Agreed. Not to mention, roleplay doesn't mean 'describe your intent'. It means 'describe your role.' Anyone who thinks that it is better roleplay to describe things before you know what happens rather than after is failing to understand what roleplay is. It's just that... playing a role. Waiting to see how the dice land before describing what happens is no less valid than describing things and getting overruled by the dice. Not to mention, are you requiring a wizard to describe the methods by which he summons fire before he casts a spell against a fire elemental? No. Because it's fantasy and you just assume wizards can do fantastic things. (Also, fire elementals being immune to fire is logically the same as things of the natural plane being immune to nature. Think about that for a second.) So the wizard gets the 'he does awesome things' pass because his powers say 'I can do this awesome thing.' Fighters get the -exact same- consideration. I don't need to explain how my grab-expert fighter can grab a swarm, because I am not an expert in grabbing, and couldn't begin to explain it. But the fighter IS, and he does so, because he has a power that says 'I can do this awesome thing.' Summoning fire gets a pass. Grabbing doesn't? Give me a break. This is D&D not MMA-Simulation-System. [/QUOTE]

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