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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gban007" data-source="post: 9599539" data-attributes="member: 56488">I think consistency is quite a key part of many RPGs, including DnD.Such that rolling weapon dice is consistent for a given character and weapon.  That fireball will do certain d6 per level each time and in a set radius without metamagic or the like.I think most players would expect a certain level of consistency.  I think dragonlance draconians are a good example of this.  If a Bozak draconian dies by turning to stone, it is fair that players would expect that every Bozak draconian killed will turn to stone.  If they meet a draconian that looks different, then they could expect it may die differently.  This doesn't require the DM to tell them how it will die, just that it looks different (and all the draconian types do look quite different) to telegraph that things may go differently.this is based on my dming in a general neutral arbiter type fashion, and playing with DMs who also DM in such a fashion, presenting challenges etc but running it consistently so players can enjoy the evolving story and being able to plan on basis of consistency. Other approach is more adversarial, where a DM may decide that because the players are switching to ranged weapons to avoid a weapon being stuck for a minute, they will suddenly make the Bozak draconian explode with a 60 foot radius of effect. As a player, I would be aggravated by such a situation, and as a DM would expect my players to be aggravated as well.  If you have a group though where everyone is on board that such things may change to heighten risks /tension or the like, more power to you, but if you have players getting upset, they may have quite different expectations.I had one DM once who happily threw out the established 'rules' of the world driving to a TPK as the characters simply didn't have abilities to effectively combat the foe, as well as the DM making sure escape was impossible by any means.  None of us players returned to playing under that DM resulting from that, and I don't think that makes us bad players.  If he finds the right group of people happy to throw characters at foes to see who wins in differing adversarial situations, then he'd be a great DM, but he won't a good DM for our group, and certainly wasn't upfront about how he was going to run it.</blockquote>

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