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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6628128" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>I am generally in favor of rules being fair and consistent wherever possible to avoid &quot;DM, may l?&quot; situations.&nbsp;&nbsp; But there is also something to be said for teusting your DM to be fair and impartial.&nbsp;&nbsp; The concept of something happening at my table that I &quot;don't want&quot; is alien to me.&nbsp; I want the PC's actions to combine with the rules and the dice to make interesting things to happen.&nbsp; If the players make good use of a spell and that neutralizes an important NPC or monster good for them.&nbsp; A couple sessions ago they got the jump on my bbeg, he tried to dimension door away and was stopped by couterspell and was promptly slain.&nbsp; Leading to a rather anticlimactic end of the adventure.&nbsp;&nbsp; Oh well...my players trust that if I told them the giant isn't susceptible to forcecage it isn't because that's what I want it's because that's how I interpret the rules.&nbsp; Besides...my players dont have the MM in front of them.&nbsp; They don't know about size categories or the rules surrounding them.&nbsp; So it wouldn't even occcur to them to use that as a measurement.&nbsp; My wizard player would see the 20' cube requirement and ask if the dragon would fit.&nbsp; If I said no he'd pick a different spell.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6628128, member: 413"] I am generally in favor of rules being fair and consistent wherever possible to avoid "DM, may l?" situations. But there is also something to be said for teusting your DM to be fair and impartial. The concept of something happening at my table that I "don't want" is alien to me. I want the PC's actions to combine with the rules and the dice to make interesting things to happen. If the players make good use of a spell and that neutralizes an important NPC or monster good for them. A couple sessions ago they got the jump on my bbeg, he tried to dimension door away and was stopped by couterspell and was promptly slain. Leading to a rather anticlimactic end of the adventure. Oh well...my players trust that if I told them the giant isn't susceptible to forcecage it isn't because that's what I want it's because that's how I interpret the rules. Besides...my players dont have the MM in front of them. They don't know about size categories or the rules surrounding them. So it wouldn't even occcur to them to use that as a measurement. My wizard player would see the 20' cube requirement and ask if the dragon would fit. If I said no he'd pick a different spell. [/QUOTE]

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