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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6451292" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&nbsp; Guys, guys, guys!... &quot;You must unlearn what you have learned...&quot; (to quote a small, wrinkly old muppet who lives on a swamp planet). If you find yourself trying to rely on your 3e or 4e knowledge when trying to decide on a rule mechanic thing, nine times out of ten you will be wrong. The rules for 5e are written in the style of BECMI/1e/2e, with only a smattering of 3e/4e mechanics. Those italicized and underlined words are important to grasp.&nbsp; The 5e rules are deliberately written from a &quot;each table sets their own rules and interpretations for many things&quot;. In the 5e style, it is much better to say &quot;You can perform any reasonable action in a combat situation&quot;, than it is to say &quot;You can perform the following actions [LIST OF ACTIONS], in the following situations [LIST OF SITUATIONS]&quot;.&nbsp; In the OP's question:&nbsp; ...the correct answer would come from asking ones self: &quot;Would it be easy to do this in the current situation?&quot; If you think, &quot;Yeah, can't see anything interfering with it&quot;, then Yes, the PC can do it &quot;for free&quot;. If you think, &quot;Well, because of X, Y and Z, I don't think he could do it easily&quot;, then No, the PC can't do it &quot;for free&quot;. And if you think, &quot;Well, probably, but then again there is W...so...yes, you can do it for free, but your Initiative drops by 1d6 points&quot; (or some other adjudication).&nbsp; The bottom line is this...: 5e is YOUR game, and YOU are the one in charge of it...not Mike Mearls, not Jeremy Crawford, nor anyone else. Their &quot;decision&quot; should be viewed as nothing more than any other DM's interpretation of what he thinks would make a good game. Their ruling shouldn't be viewed as having any more weight than any other DM's with regards to YOUR CAMPAIGN.&nbsp; Sorry I'm not really 'answering' your question with a quote and a page number...but that's the nature of 5e.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 6451292, member: 45197"] Hiya. Guys, guys, guys!... "You must unlearn what you have learned..." (to quote a small, wrinkly old muppet who lives on a swamp planet). If you find yourself trying to rely on your 3e or 4e knowledge when trying to decide on a rule mechanic thing, nine times out of ten you will be wrong. The rules for 5e are written in the [I][U]style[/U][/I] of BECMI/1e/2e, with only a smattering of 3e/4e [I][U]mechanics[/U][/I]. Those italicized and underlined words are important to grasp. The 5e rules are deliberately written from a "each table sets their own rules and interpretations for many things". In the 5e style, it is much better to say [I]"You can perform any reasonable action in a combat situation"[/I], than it is to say [I]"You can perform the following actions [LIST OF ACTIONS], in the following situations [LIST OF SITUATIONS]"[/I]. In the OP's question: ...the correct answer would come from asking ones self: "Would it be easy to do this in the current situation?" If you think, "Yeah, can't see anything interfering with it", then Yes, the PC can do it "for free". If you think, "Well, because of X, Y and Z, I don't think he could do it easily", then No, the PC can't do it "for free". And if you think, "Well, probably, but then again there is W...so...yes, you can do it for free, but your Initiative drops by 1d6 points" (or some other adjudication). The bottom line is this...: 5e is [I]YOUR[/I] game, and [I]YOU[/I] are the one in charge of it...not Mike Mearls, not Jeremy Crawford, nor anyone else. Their "decision" should be viewed as nothing more than any other DM's interpretation of what he thinks would make a good game. Their ruling shouldn't be viewed as having any more weight than any other DM's with regards to [I]YOUR CAMPAIGN[/I]. Sorry I'm not really 'answering' your question with a quote and a page number...but that's the nature of 5e. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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