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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7524578" data-attributes="member: 22779">I'd point out though that your fighter can certainly try to cast spells.&nbsp; He'll just fail.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; But, there's nothing stopping him from trying.&nbsp; ((And, I'm sorry that your 4e DM was so poor, but, that's another story))&nbsp; Being able to try something does not guarantee success.&nbsp; But, in a non-RPG, you cannot try at all.&nbsp; There's no way to do anything other than the prescribed actions in board games or computer games.&nbsp; If the game doesn't let you climb, then you absolutely cannot even attempt to climb.&nbsp; And, really, the fact that I can make a &quot;lousy&quot; druid shows the difference between RPG's and non-RPG's.&nbsp; The mechanics describe a druid.&nbsp; And, the mechanics do describe a good vs a bad druid.&nbsp; But, the mechanics don't force you to play only one druid.&nbsp; You have the freedom to choose to play a bad druid simply because the mechanics are descriptive.There's nothing stopping me from playing a 4 Str fighter with a spork.&nbsp; Sure, I'll suck, but, sucking is not prevented by the mechanics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7524578, member: 22779"] I'd point out though that your fighter can certainly try to cast spells. He'll just fail. :D But, there's nothing stopping him from trying. ((And, I'm sorry that your 4e DM was so poor, but, that's another story)) Being able to try something does not guarantee success. But, in a non-RPG, you cannot try at all. There's no way to do anything other than the prescribed actions in board games or computer games. If the game doesn't let you climb, then you absolutely cannot even attempt to climb. And, really, the fact that I can make a "lousy" druid shows the difference between RPG's and non-RPG's. The mechanics describe a druid. And, the mechanics do describe a good vs a bad druid. But, the mechanics don't force you to play only one druid. You have the freedom to choose to play a bad druid simply because the mechanics are descriptive. There's nothing stopping me from playing a 4 Str fighter with a spork. Sure, I'll suck, but, sucking is not prevented by the mechanics. [/QUOTE]

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