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<blockquote data-quote="Aribar" data-source="post: 6599165" data-attributes="member: 6777974">If you don't mind me asking, what is the difference between these situations? Is there anything here you would object to a player saying here that would take you out of the game?3.5 Ranger in a greek mythology-themed campaign I played a year ago&quot;My ranger brings up her bow and fires off a shot at the gladiator's leg, hoping to hamper his mobility.&quot; (Pinning shot feat)&quot;She backs away from the hellhounds Hades's servant summoned while peppering them with arrows.&quot; (Manyshot feat)&quot;I empty my quiver into the cyclops!&quot; (just a full round action at level 12)4E Ranger played in a Sci-Fi campaign I DMed.&quot;My sniper takes aim and double-taps his gun towards the thugs harassing the party.&quot; (Two-Fanged Strike)&quot;I load a flechette round into my bolt-action rifle and fire.&quot; (Splintering Shot)&quot;I take a deep breath and totally go in the zone, aiming and firing at every robot coming towards us.&quot; (Spray of Arrows)Maybe it's me, but describing what my character does is fun and creative. It's boring to say the same thing (&quot;I swing my sword really hard&quot;) over and over again, and if I get tired of describing stuff, it's fine to say &quot;I use this ability&quot; and continue on.I've just been sitting on the sidelines this topic trying and failing to understand the problem people have here; the things people call disassociative have never taken me out of character. It's stuff like ability scores (&quot;Your 18 strength fighter only has 25% more chance of moving this boulder than the 8 strength wizard) and underpowered abilities (&quot;I'm a 5E Eldritch Knight that can't easily combine spells and swordplay and is outshined by Valor Bards and BattleMaster/Abj Wizard multiclasses) that break me out of character and think &quot;wow, that doesn't make sense.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aribar, post: 6599165, member: 6777974"] If you don't mind me asking, what is the difference between these situations? Is there anything here you would object to a player saying here that would take you out of the game? 3.5 Ranger in a greek mythology-themed campaign I played a year ago "My ranger brings up her bow and fires off a shot at the gladiator's leg, hoping to hamper his mobility." (Pinning shot feat) "She backs away from the hellhounds Hades's servant summoned while peppering them with arrows." (Manyshot feat) "I empty my quiver into the cyclops!" (just a full round action at level 12) 4E Ranger played in a Sci-Fi campaign I DMed. "My sniper takes aim and double-taps his gun towards the thugs harassing the party." (Two-Fanged Strike) "I load a flechette round into my bolt-action rifle and fire." (Splintering Shot) "I take a deep breath and totally go in the zone, aiming and firing at every robot coming towards us." (Spray of Arrows) Maybe it's me, but describing what my character does is fun and creative. It's boring to say the same thing ("I swing my sword really hard") over and over again, and if I get tired of describing stuff, it's fine to say "I use this ability" and continue on. I've just been sitting on the sidelines this topic trying and failing to understand the problem people have here; the things people call disassociative have never taken me out of character. It's stuff like ability scores ("Your 18 strength fighter only has 25% more chance of moving this boulder than the 8 strength wizard) and underpowered abilities ("I'm a 5E Eldritch Knight that can't easily combine spells and swordplay and is outshined by Valor Bards and BattleMaster/Abj Wizard multiclasses) that break me out of character and think "wow, that doesn't make sense." [/QUOTE]

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