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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6212363" data-attributes="member: 4937">Rules light doesn't give you more authority. For me, the consummate proof the rules light isn't, is to take a look at what AD&D does in absence of having a unified skills system.  Read through the text of C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tomoachan, or better yet try to actually run the game while pretending you know nothing of unified skill mechanics.  Probably 50% of the module's text is covert rules insertion into the system to try to bolster support of the DM in play to the extent that each room can be considered a rules subsystem at times, and the problem with it is that it doesn't even begin to cover the range of judgment calls you'll have to make in play.  Some rooms have extensive rules on drowning that calculate percentages down to the finest resolution, but neglect completely to mention how these percentages might be altered if the party tries to lend a hand, throw a rope, or otherwise aid an ally.  Not only are you just expected to wing it, but you are expected to wing the even tools and subsystems for winging it on the fly.  This becomes a huge burden in play if you are trying to be fair to the players, which is pretty much what the players have a right to expect in anything short of Paranoia.   So this is a case where adding more rules to the game actually reduces the number of rules that are actually in play.</blockquote>