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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3090784" data-attributes="member: 10177">I've been lucky. We never had disruptive rules arguments. I played with lots of people due to being in the Navy AND living in a mililtary town with lots of millitary players. We discussed rules and came to a concensus on what to use and how they are to be interpreted. Then we played. Same thing with 3E. The only time I had any serious arguments was with the people who misunderstood the 3.0 AoO rules. Even after the errata. :\&nbsp; That was ugly.Besides, I/we always gamed with the understanding that it is the DM's game. If we didn't agree with their interpretation we were free to leave or stay and game. Most stayed and gamed.If 3E, as a system, has any problems it is that the DM's control of the game has become ambiguous. I think that a certain paragraph in a certain DMG should still be in this editions DMG. In big bold print.I think that may be the whole key to why I've quit 3E. I wasn't running &quot;my&quot; game anymore. It was WOTC's. Their ideas, their rules. I had to conform to it instead of being able to make it conform to my vision.Anyways, the arguments were determined by the maturity of the people involved, not the rules set. I made sure I played with people who had the kind of maturity that facilitated game play. The ones who didn't have that maturity were invited to gain it, or leave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 3090784, member: 10177"] I've been lucky. We never had disruptive rules arguments. I played with lots of people due to being in the Navy AND living in a mililtary town with lots of millitary players. We discussed rules and came to a concensus on what to use and how they are to be interpreted. Then we played. Same thing with 3E. The only time I had any serious arguments was with the people who misunderstood the 3.0 AoO rules. Even after the errata. :\ That was ugly. Besides, I/we always gamed with the understanding that it is the DM's game. If we didn't agree with their interpretation we were free to leave or stay and game. Most stayed and gamed. If 3E, as a system, has any problems it is that the DM's control of the game has become ambiguous. I think that a certain paragraph in a certain DMG should still be in this editions DMG. In big bold print. I think that may be the whole key to why I've quit 3E. I wasn't running "my" game anymore. It was WOTC's. Their ideas, their rules. I had to conform to it instead of being able to make it conform to my vision. Anyways, the arguments were determined by the maturity of the people involved, not the rules set. I made sure I played with people who had the kind of maturity that facilitated game play. The ones who didn't have that maturity were invited to gain it, or leave. [/QUOTE]

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