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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 5501048" data-attributes="member: 762">No, but it gives guidelines as to how to adjuticate actions "not covered by the rules" - with examples, tables, etc. The better the guidelines for handling these situations, the more DMs (at least in theory) will allow players to try stuff not necessarily covered.I will say (from seeing it at several Gen Cons for ex., which helped me make sure it doesn't happen in my own group), 4e can be very guilty of "I swing my sword" mentality; many of the combat actions are so codified (they have their own manuever names, usually on cards, sometimes even in color)! It takes a good DM to remind players (especially new players) that the manuevers are far from the only options available.</blockquote>