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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertliguori" data-source="post: 4157916" data-attributes="member: 47776">I see no conflict.  JIT (with just-in-time being before anyone made a decision in which the rule would b a factor) rulemaking is not fiat, it's houseruling.  More to the point, "Make a new rule and stick to it." is not the same thing as "Arbitrate without apparent rhyme or reason."  DM fiat is not making new rules; it's overwriting existing ones.Declaring beforehand that falls should be potentially lethal and that every fall above 50' carries with it a DC 15 Fort save to avoid death is houseruling.  Telling a player with 100 hp and the ability to avoid failing Fort saves on a one "You fall 50' off a a cliff and die." is fiat.Making rules ensures that elements in the game world mesh.  A character with 12 levels of barbarian is one tough hombre; he started out tougher than 99% of Earth's population in terms of trauma and can now literally shrug off minor stab wounds with absolutely no injury.  But falling off a cliff is really deadly.  How deadly?  Is the hurty-mojo of the cliff enough to overcome the not-be-hurty-mojo of the barbarian?  Roll the dice and find out.</blockquote>