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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 6867866">I do the same thing, but I suspect some of the people in this thread find that to be an alien concept: they think it's the DM's responsibility to provide that sort of information.&nbsp; It's fine to play that way, of course, especially with an experienced DM and new players.&nbsp; But it's by no means the only way to play, and one that no longer interests me as much.Two weeks ago I was in an Adventurer's League game with a sorcerer who had a deck of cards.&nbsp; To cast his spells he would pull cards from his deck and throw them.&nbsp; Each one was described, e.g. &quot;I pull out a 3 of Diamonds, and fling it at the Ghoul.&nbsp; It turns into three glowing darts that strike the Ghoul in the chest....doing...dang, a total of 6 damage.&quot;&nbsp; And OF COURSE he didn't change any of the mechanics of how a Sorcerer works, nor did he ever say, &quot;Ha!&nbsp; Even though a normal Sorcerer would be out of spell slots, I still have this whole deck of cards so I get to keep casting!&quot;&nbsp; It seems to me that's what Dannyalcatraz is afraid of: &quot;Why WOULDN'T he keep casting if has that whole deck of cards?&quot;&nbsp; He didn't because he's using the RP to express the mechanics, not to circumvent them.Me, too!&nbsp; The thing I love about these kinds of improvisations is that you really don't know where they're going to go, and great ideas can result form doing it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 6867866"] I do the same thing, but I suspect some of the people in this thread find that to be an alien concept: they think it's the DM's responsibility to provide that sort of information. It's fine to play that way, of course, especially with an experienced DM and new players. But it's by no means the only way to play, and one that no longer interests me as much. Two weeks ago I was in an Adventurer's League game with a sorcerer who had a deck of cards. To cast his spells he would pull cards from his deck and throw them. Each one was described, e.g. "I pull out a 3 of Diamonds, and fling it at the Ghoul. It turns into three glowing darts that strike the Ghoul in the chest....doing...dang, a total of 6 damage." And OF COURSE he didn't change any of the mechanics of how a Sorcerer works, nor did he ever say, "Ha! Even though a normal Sorcerer would be out of spell slots, I still have this whole deck of cards so I get to keep casting!" It seems to me that's what Dannyalcatraz is afraid of: "Why WOULDN'T he keep casting if has that whole deck of cards?" He didn't because he's using the RP to express the mechanics, not to circumvent them. Me, too! The thing I love about these kinds of improvisations is that you really don't know where they're going to go, and great ideas can result form doing it. [/QUOTE]

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