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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6396821" data-attributes="member: 9037">I have played with a by the book RAW only DM and I ended up leaving the game because it felt like a straight jacket. He was not a new DM and as a player he was rules lawyer to the extreme. On the other hand I have played with DMs who didn't really understand the rules and why they were written yet changed things to the point that the game was a mess. I think using RAW can really help newbie DMs learn their craft and as they understand more of why an how rules work they can start changing them. But some common sense is needed too. Common sense tells you that you don't need to ask for  climb check every time the PCs climb a set of stairs.</blockquote>