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<blockquote data-quote="FrankTrollman" data-source="post: 1196694" data-attributes="member: 14225"><p>Do you allow people to use Shapechange to transform themselves into Balors and drop Vorpal Swords on the ground and then Shapechange into <em>different</em> Balors, dropping another Vorpal Sword, and so on, creating hundreds of thousands of gold pieces for the purposes of magic item creation in minutes?</p><p></p><p>If not - you are using Houserules.</p><p></p><p>Do you allow player characters to create and control Shadows, who in turn run around killing squirrels in the forest making more shadows under their control until they have an army of hundreds of thousands of incorporeal slaves?</p><p></p><p>If not - you are using Houserules.</p><p></p><p>Do you allow player characters to Polymorph themselves into Badgers and then use Limited Wish to Awaken themselves gaining 2 hit dice and a stackable unnamed bonus to Charisma at the cost of 300 XP each time with no upper limit?</p><p></p><p>If not - you are using Houserules.</p><p></p><p>Do you allow players to use Planar Binding to capture Efreeti and then force them to use their Wish Granting ability to create Epic Magical Items now that Wish has no upper limit on how powerful of a magical item it can create?</p><p></p><p>If not - you are playing Houserules.</p><p></p><p>Everyone plays with Houserules. In every edition. All the time. Without exception. Whether you <em>notice</em> the house rules you are using Houserules or not is a separate - and irrelevent - discussion.</p><p></p><p>Every time you've ever said "that's dumb, they <em>obviously</em> mean...." you are creating a House Rule. That you haven't felt the need to write them down in your game simply means that other people from different games will be more confused when they attempt to join your group.</p><p></p><p>-Frank</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankTrollman, post: 1196694, member: 14225"] Do you allow people to use Shapechange to transform themselves into Balors and drop Vorpal Swords on the ground and then Shapechange into [i]different[/i] Balors, dropping another Vorpal Sword, and so on, creating hundreds of thousands of gold pieces for the purposes of magic item creation in minutes? If not - you are using Houserules. Do you allow player characters to create and control Shadows, who in turn run around killing squirrels in the forest making more shadows under their control until they have an army of hundreds of thousands of incorporeal slaves? If not - you are using Houserules. Do you allow player characters to Polymorph themselves into Badgers and then use Limited Wish to Awaken themselves gaining 2 hit dice and a stackable unnamed bonus to Charisma at the cost of 300 XP each time with no upper limit? If not - you are using Houserules. Do you allow players to use Planar Binding to capture Efreeti and then force them to use their Wish Granting ability to create Epic Magical Items now that Wish has no upper limit on how powerful of a magical item it can create? If not - you are playing Houserules. Everyone plays with Houserules. In every edition. All the time. Without exception. Whether you [i]notice[/i] the house rules you are using Houserules or not is a separate - and irrelevent - discussion. Every time you've ever said "that's dumb, they [i]obviously[/i] mean...." you are creating a House Rule. That you haven't felt the need to write them down in your game simply means that other people from different games will be more confused when they attempt to join your group. -Frank [/QUOTE]
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