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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kithas" data-source="post: 6780806" data-attributes="member: 97587">I'm sure there would still be plenty of rules questions and people not understanding, general user error is always going to be present and I am as guilty of it as anyone else. My problem is when I explain how a rule works and someone asks why it works the way I say it does I have no real room to stand on.Take Magic the gathering for example, yes the rules get archaic and confusing sometimes but you can always explain neatly and clearly what something does based on the way it is said in the rules text. "Destroy target Permanent." always means the same thing. With the current phb I have about a 90% shot on things that even I think are clear as day :/As to precise rules ruining roleplay/story. That is completely unrelated, you can have rules text and then flavor text, or vice-versa. Many of the feats/spells already follow this pattern but the rest of the book does not. Mixing rules text and flavor text rarely works well.Honestly in a game so rich in story telling do we really need the flavor baked in? Would a rules-only phb have hurt the game at all? I think not. Take the game Dominion for example, there are plenty of flavorful cards that have 0 flavor text, all you get is the name, a picture and the rules text, but they feel like what they are supposed to be. That should be the goal, clear mechanics that translate into flavor. Not watered down mechanics that we slap flavor on to make it feel better.</blockquote>

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