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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 3310293" data-attributes="member: 12037">The best option at that point is to delegate to a player who does know the rules, which is a far better option than A or B. I'm not saying the player starts running the monster, but the player will say, &quot;Okay, first you do a touch attack... Now an Attack of Opportunity... Now a Grapple check... &quot; etc. Then, after the game, the DM can work on learning those rules for the next time the situation arises.This can go back to the DM should know the rules at least as well as the players. If my DM doesn't know the grapple rules, then the game is mentally going to come to a screeching halt for me the second he starts making things up. It throws everything out of whack with a big &quot;Bwah?&quot; as I try to understand just what's going on, and I'll stop the gameplay to try to figure out what is happening, because I'll have no idea what kind of strange thing is happening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 3310293, member: 12037"] The best option at that point is to delegate to a player who does know the rules, which is a far better option than A or B. I'm not saying the player starts running the monster, but the player will say, "Okay, first you do a touch attack... Now an Attack of Opportunity... Now a Grapple check... " etc. Then, after the game, the DM can work on learning those rules for the next time the situation arises. This can go back to the DM should know the rules at least as well as the players. If my DM doesn't know the grapple rules, then the game is mentally going to come to a [i]screeching halt[/i] for me the second he starts making things up. It throws everything out of whack with a big "Bwah?" as I try to understand just what's going on, and I'll stop the gameplay to try to figure out what is happening, because I'll have no idea what kind of strange thing is happening. [/QUOTE]

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