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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9039596" data-attributes="member: 7006">What is the RAW DC for bending a bar?&nbsp; Is there one?&nbsp; And if there is, what metal is it?&nbsp; And then if we change the metal of the bar, what's the new DC then?&nbsp; Is that written down?&nbsp; And then once we write down the DCs for all the different metals used in bars, what's the RAW for how thick the metal bars are?&nbsp; Or the RAW for quality of the metal, like how rusted is it?&nbsp; Or what about how long the metal bar is, what the RAW for bending a 2' bar versus a 10' bar?&nbsp; All of these things would need to be determined to create a &quot;RAW DC&quot; of bending this bar if &quot;playing RAW&quot; was so important.Do you do that?&nbsp; Do you have those kind of details in your game so that you can &quot;play RAW&quot;?&nbsp; If you do... well, good for you.&nbsp; Feel free to do that at your table.&nbsp; But now if you are expecting the D&amp;D DMG to have all those possible adjustments listed in the game going forward... I suspect you will be disappointed-- because it is unnecessary when you can use the true RAW of 5E... which is &quot;Rulings, Not Rules&quot;.&nbsp; The DM need a DC for a 7' long, rusted, bronze bar a 1/2 thick?&nbsp; They just make it up.&nbsp; Whatever DC sounds good.&nbsp; You don't need &quot;RAW&quot;... you just need a little improvisation and common sense.&nbsp; Which most DMs can do.But at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, because no matter how long a DC chart or how short a chart or what words they use to define the different DCs, or how high the numbers on the DC chart go to... every DM is going to just use whatever system them want anyway.&nbsp; I know I will.&nbsp; And if WotC decides for whatever reason to actually create the system you think it needs... then good news for you.&nbsp; Congratulations, you got what you wanted.&nbsp; But it's probably not going to matter for the rest of us because we'll just end up doing what we always do and use whatever houserule decisions and systems we prefer regardless of what WotC prints.Just like you might have to do should WotC NOT produce the system you want for 2024E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9039596, member: 7006"] What is the RAW DC for bending a bar? Is there one? And if there is, what metal is it? And then if we change the metal of the bar, what's the new DC then? Is that written down? And then once we write down the DCs for all the different metals used in bars, what's the RAW for how thick the metal bars are? Or the RAW for quality of the metal, like how rusted is it? Or what about how long the metal bar is, what the RAW for bending a 2' bar versus a 10' bar? All of these things would need to be determined to create a "RAW DC" of bending this bar if "playing RAW" was so important. Do you do that? Do you have those kind of details in your game so that you can "play RAW"? If you do... well, good for you. Feel free to do that at your table. But now if you are expecting the D&D DMG to have all those possible adjustments listed in the game going forward... I suspect you will be disappointed-- because it is unnecessary when you can use [I]the true RAW of 5E[/I]... which is "Rulings, Not Rules". The DM need a DC for a 7' long, rusted, bronze bar a 1/2 thick? They just make it up. Whatever DC sounds good. You don't need "RAW"... you just need a little improvisation and common sense. Which most DMs can do. But at the end of the day it doesn't [I]really[/I] matter, because no matter how long a DC chart or how short a chart or what words they use to define the different DCs, or how high the numbers on the DC chart go to... every DM is going to just use whatever system them want anyway. I know I will. And if WotC decides for whatever reason to actually create the system you think it needs... then good news for you. Congratulations, you got what you wanted. But it's probably not going to matter for the rest of us because we'll just end up doing what we always do and use whatever houserule decisions and systems we prefer regardless of what WotC prints. Just like you might have to do should WotC NOT produce the system you want for 2024E. [/QUOTE]

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