D&D 5E Do you let PC's just *break* objects?

[iserith]

An "erroneous assertion" being anything you disagree with? Do you make that clear to players in session zero too?

If someone makes an incorrect assertion in a discussion, it's fair play in my view to call it out and explain why it's wrong.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Isn't discussing each other's expectations for the game what Session Zero is for? I say what I want, the players say what they want, we come to an agreement and move ahead? What I want is for the players to say how they smash the vase, so I can adjudicate and narrate their actions fairly without assuming or establishing for them what their own character is doing. Does that seem like an unreasonable ask to you?

So, what do you do if you say what you want, and they don't agree? Maybe they say they would prefer a less dictatorial approach?

It's not "a discussion" if there is only one voice.

 

[iserith]

So, is the presenting of the extent of action description you require, a demand?

As stated already, it's an ask. Whatever it is you're driving at here, repeatedly, is not likely to happen. I would suggest leaving off on this.

 

[Vaalingrade]

So, about giving a Bane Bat-breaker to a battleship...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If someone makes an incorrect assertion in a discussion,

You forgot to say "in my opinion".

it's fair play in my view to call it out and explain why it's wrong.

And then wonder why you are met with hostility?

 

[iserith]

So, what do you do if you say what you want, and they don't agree? Maybe they say they would prefer a less dictatorial approach?

It's not "a discussion" if there is only one voice.

What do you do if you don't want to play in a game with explicit content and a player insists on introducing explicit content?

 

[greg kaye]

As stated already, it's an ask. Whatever it is you're driving at here, repeatedly, is not likely to happen. I would suggest leaving off on this.

And if they don't respond to your "ask"?
I'm "asking" repeatedly!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

What do you do if you don't want to play in a game with explicit content and a player insists on introducing explicit content?

If someone "insists" it is not a discussion. That goes for DMs as well as players.

 

[iserith]

You forgot to say "in my opinion".

And then wonder why you are met with hostility?

Sometimes it's a fact, not an opinion. My only wonder is why someone would allow themselves to get worked up into a hostile state over discussing DMing approaches. We're talking about how a player describes smashing a vase. A little perspective, perhaps.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Sometimes it's a fact, not an opinion.

Which about sums it up, doesn't it? You believe everything you say is fact. Your disclaimer is nonsense, it's your way or the highway.

My only wonder is why someone would allow themselves to get worked up into a hostile state over discussing DMing approaches. We're talking about how a player describes smashing a vase. A little perspective, perhaps.

Some people don't like dictators. Even petty ones.