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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wayne62682" data-source="post: 4858248" data-attributes="member: 40455">I'm wondering how to deal with my DM.  The issue I have with him is that he often takes the wording in conditions or effects far too literally and then raises issues that don't exist by the RAW.I'll give you an example:  My Dragonborn Fighter/Iron Vanguard has the power Frontline Surge which lets me push an enemy back a square and shift into that space.  My DM reads the word "push" as meaning I physically push the target, and raises issues that it's not realistic for me to push something that's much larger than myself - last week we were fighting a Fomorian (Giant-sized creature) and he would not let me push him as a result of Frontline Surge, despite there being no size restrictions for the power (in fact the only pushing power that has a restriction I'm aware of is Tide of Iron and that seems to be just because it's an at-will and infinitely spammable).  I pointed out there was no rule saying this and he's like "Well, I don't like the idea of a medium-sized Dragonborn pushing a 20-something foot tall giant".  He's said the same thing in regards to my Fighter's ability to stop enemies from moving.Another example:  He reads the word "immobilized" and takes it literally, thinking it's like paralysis.  He once ruled that when you were immobilized in water, you automatically started to drown because you couldn't move, and he doesn't think you should get a save against bursts.In short, how do I explain that, for instance, the word "push" is a status effect and a metagame term - it doesn't necessarily mean that I shove the dragon away, but that my blow makes him back up.  I know the DM is always right, but...</blockquote>

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