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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7529490" data-attributes="member: 71699">Isn't it all a DM's call? Every part. Sticking someone with a short sword has as many variables, very different from flailing them, yet both are summarised to an attack roll.Game rules are constitutive. They're limitations accepted as a group in order to create an interesting experience. Hard and fast rules, covering common situations, help maintain the flow, and enable and validate player actions... their leverage over the shared narrative. In order to be robust, they should have care in construction, feedback, playtesting, thought given to how they impact the gestalt of other rules. They should buttress rather than dissipate suspension of disbelief. They have value.Your examples absolutely chime for me - my similar experience is from larping in pitch-black WW2 tunnels. We don't need a realistic simulation; we just need rules that are resilient, work well with other rules, and give a decent narrative feel and fair mechanical benefits or penalties../mini rant ends</blockquote>