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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6393494" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>To me, the problems always lie at the far ends of the spectrum. Both strict adherence to RAW or RAI makes problems. With strict adherence to RAW you run into needing a rule for everything. With a heavy dose of RAI, you wind up playing Mother May I where players are mostly trying to game the DM instead of actually trying to just play the game.</p><p></p><p>Both are problematic. You need fairly easy to understand, robust RAW which at least gets everyone on the same page when dealing with something in the game. "You gain +2 to attack when flanking a creature (and flanking is defined as being on opposite sides of a creature" isn't really subject to RAI. It's clear cut and everyone understands and uses it in the game. </p><p></p><p>OTOH, allowing enough flex in the rules so that DM's can smooth over those situations that don't come up that often and tend to lie at the edges of RAW, "Just how do you flank a really big monster, can I flank if I'm invisible" that sort of thing is perfectly fine. </p><p></p><p>One of the big problems though, that I find, is that people presume that just because they are sitting in the DM chair, they are automatically entitled to be 100% trusted by the players. Sorry, no. Trust is earned, not automatic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6393494, member: 22779"] To me, the problems always lie at the far ends of the spectrum. Both strict adherence to RAW or RAI makes problems. With strict adherence to RAW you run into needing a rule for everything. With a heavy dose of RAI, you wind up playing Mother May I where players are mostly trying to game the DM instead of actually trying to just play the game. Both are problematic. You need fairly easy to understand, robust RAW which at least gets everyone on the same page when dealing with something in the game. "You gain +2 to attack when flanking a creature (and flanking is defined as being on opposite sides of a creature" isn't really subject to RAI. It's clear cut and everyone understands and uses it in the game. OTOH, allowing enough flex in the rules so that DM's can smooth over those situations that don't come up that often and tend to lie at the edges of RAW, "Just how do you flank a really big monster, can I flank if I'm invisible" that sort of thing is perfectly fine. One of the big problems though, that I find, is that people presume that just because they are sitting in the DM chair, they are automatically entitled to be 100% trusted by the players. Sorry, no. Trust is earned, not automatic. [/QUOTE]
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