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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6393906" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> In short, no. It's better for the players to be 'forced' to interact with the DM. Always. It is never, IMHO, "better" for the DM to have virtually no say in the matter. Obviously your play style differs widely from mine (and others, appearently).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As Thank Dog said above...it's not 5e you have a problem with, its that DM's are not likely to let you "get away" with your preferred style of power gaming. The rules are written to specifically back up the DM and not you (the player); you're angry about that. And I'll stand by my initial statement...maybe 5e isn't for you. I suspect that unless you find a DM who also likes the whole "power game min/max" thing, you will be constantly annoyed with various DM's rules...because they are likely to be slightly to vastly different from others.</p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to be on any 'high horse'; I'm simply stating that non-specific/exact wording is a GOOD thing, and I'm pleased as punch that 5e is written that way. Feel free to play any way you like, but don't blame the rules for your lack of being able to min/max/power-build a character and "get away with it by pointing to specificity worded rules". That's not in the spriit of 5e from what I can see. If you want to min/max your guy, do so with the aid of your DM. That is how the game is written...massive input from the DM. Maybe think of the rules as an extension of the DM...and not the DM being an extension of the rules (if that makes any sense).</p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 6393906, member: 45197"] Hiya. In short, no. It's better for the players to be 'forced' to interact with the DM. Always. It is never, IMHO, "better" for the DM to have virtually no say in the matter. Obviously your play style differs widely from mine (and others, appearently). As Thank Dog said above...it's not 5e you have a problem with, its that DM's are not likely to let you "get away" with your preferred style of power gaming. The rules are written to specifically back up the DM and not you (the player); you're angry about that. And I'll stand by my initial statement...maybe 5e isn't for you. I suspect that unless you find a DM who also likes the whole "power game min/max" thing, you will be constantly annoyed with various DM's rules...because they are likely to be slightly to vastly different from others. I'm not trying to be on any 'high horse'; I'm simply stating that non-specific/exact wording is a GOOD thing, and I'm pleased as punch that 5e is written that way. Feel free to play any way you like, but don't blame the rules for your lack of being able to min/max/power-build a character and "get away with it by pointing to specificity worded rules". That's not in the spriit of 5e from what I can see. If you want to min/max your guy, do so with the aid of your DM. That is how the game is written...massive input from the DM. Maybe think of the rules as an extension of the DM...and not the DM being an extension of the rules (if that makes any sense). ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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