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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8958752" data-attributes="member: 7015698">As an avid board game player, I just can’t stand poorly worded vague rules. I also understand that in an RPG, not everything can be covered, and that’s fine, but what you DO cover should either be precise and clear or clearly state it needs the DM’s intervention. Rules shouldn't be trying to be immersive, it’s a rule book: not a physics treatise. Trying too hard to be immersive is, IMO, what probably lead to those delusions of the 'Rules as Simulation of the World'. And it’s not like the 4e books didn’t have lore. I know there’s plenty of space taken by power blocks, but nobody’s asked you to read all of them, especially not in one go. I don’t think I’ve ever read every single power in a class in a PHB: I’d read the first few levels (usually up your first Utility power) before deciding if the class is interesting or not. The power block is both a good way to spot rules AND a good way to spot where you don’t have to read if you’re just looking for florid descriptions and lore dumps.</blockquote>