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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 9500818" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p>From the 2024 DMG, which presumably the creator of the video hadn't read yet (it wasn't likely even out yet) before making it:</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Players Exploiting the Rules</strong></p><p></p><p>Some players enjoy poring over the D&D rules and looking for optimal combinations. This kind of optimizing is part of the game (see “<a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/running-the-game#KnowYourPlayers" target="_blank">Know Your Players</a>” in <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/running-the-game" target="_blank">chapter 2</a>), but it can cross a line into being exploitative, interfering with everyone else’s fun.</p><p></p><p>Setting clear expectations is essential when dealing with this kind of rules exploitation. Bear these principles in mind:</p><p></p><p><strong>Rules Aren’t Physics.</strong> The rules of the game are meant to provide a fun game experience, not to describe the laws of physics in the worlds of D&D, let alone the real world. Don’t let players argue that a bucket brigade of ordinary people can accelerate a spear to light speed by all using the <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/rules-glossary#ReadyAction" target="_blank">Ready</a> action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn’t define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Game Is Not an Economy.</strong> The rules of the game aren’t intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using combinations of spells are exploiting the rules.</p><p></p><p><strong>Combat Is for Enemies.</strong> Some rules apply only during combat or while a character is acting in Initiative order. Don’t let players attack each other or helpless creatures to activate those rules.</p><p></p><p><strong>Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation.</strong> The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group’s fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light."</p><p></p><p></p><p>So... no, according to this part of the DMG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 9500818, member: 6801060"] From the 2024 DMG, which presumably the creator of the video hadn't read yet (it wasn't likely even out yet) before making it: "[B]Players Exploiting the Rules[/B] Some players enjoy poring over the D&D rules and looking for optimal combinations. This kind of optimizing is part of the game (see “[URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/running-the-game#KnowYourPlayers']Know Your Players[/URL]” in [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2024/running-the-game']chapter 2[/URL]), but it can cross a line into being exploitative, interfering with everyone else’s fun. Setting clear expectations is essential when dealing with this kind of rules exploitation. Bear these principles in mind: [B]Rules Aren’t Physics.[/B] The rules of the game are meant to provide a fun game experience, not to describe the laws of physics in the worlds of D&D, let alone the real world. Don’t let players argue that a bucket brigade of ordinary people can accelerate a spear to light speed by all using the [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/rules-glossary#ReadyAction']Ready[/URL] action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn’t define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round. [B]The Game Is Not an Economy.[/B] The rules of the game aren’t intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using combinations of spells are exploiting the rules. [B]Combat Is for Enemies.[/B] Some rules apply only during combat or while a character is acting in Initiative order. Don’t let players attack each other or helpless creatures to activate those rules. [B]Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation.[/B] The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group’s fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light." So... no, according to this part of the DMG [/QUOTE]
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