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<blockquote data-quote="shadowlance" data-source="post: 4224133" data-attributes="member: 16492">Of course, inserting &quot;You DM may require [additional requirements]&quot; every few paragraphs is just as redundant...and they are doing that anyway.&nbsp; I think I see what Aria is saying here....it would be nice if the default was more middle of the road with suggestions for both more and less restrictive interpretations instead of always making the default rule the least restrictive.Look at that section for identifying...Default = everyone does it automaticallyORslighly more restrictive = the DM may require an arcana checkOR most restrictive = the DM may require a special questWhy not make the default rule the arcana check and then say that the DM may ignore this requirement or may require a quest instead of the arcana check.&nbsp; It uses just as much space and still presents all the options, but it gives the DM the chance to either be &quot;the good guy&quot; or the &quot;hardass&quot;.I'm not really on either side of this issue.&nbsp; But I think that people are missing part of Aria's point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shadowlance, post: 4224133, member: 16492"] Of course, inserting "You DM may require [additional requirements]" every few paragraphs is just as redundant...and they are doing that anyway. I think I see what Aria is saying here....it would be nice if the default was more middle of the road with suggestions for both more and less restrictive interpretations instead of always making the default rule the least restrictive. Look at that section for identifying... Default = everyone does it automatically OR slighly more restrictive = the DM may require an arcana check OR most restrictive = the DM may require a special quest Why not make the default rule the arcana check and then say that the DM may ignore this requirement or may require a quest instead of the arcana check. It uses just as much space and still presents all the options, but it gives the DM the chance to either be "the good guy" or the "hardass". I'm not really on either side of this issue. But I think that people are missing part of Aria's point. [/QUOTE]

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