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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SavageRobby" data-source="post: 4335011" data-attributes="member: 51573">I'm of two minds.  On one hand, I like a rules system with both enough structure and flexibility to allow players to try just about anything that they could normally in real life, as well as stuff seen in TV and movies, and have a reasonable way to handle it within the existing rules. However, I don't need explicit rules for everything. ("Whats the modifier for blowing snot on my opponent to try to distract him?" "Hang on, let me look it up.") I find I'm more comfortable handling these kinds of things in a simply structured game.On the other hand, I like some things to be totally mysterious to players (as well as characters), so an occasion they have a very sense of "holy smokes, how'd that happen?" Players don't always need to know how stuff happens, or what the exact rules mechanic is. The trick with this is player trust. I think players have to trust that you're not out to screw them (unless of course, you're playing Paranoia), so that they pay attention to the "holy smokes" part, and not worry overly about the other shoe dropping like an anvil in a lake. Without that player trust (and I've experience this from the player side), you spend more time worrying how the DM is about to screw you using fiat, rather than playing the game - and that ain't fun.</blockquote>