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<blockquote data-quote="PrecociousApprentice" data-source="post: 4740396" data-attributes="member: 61449">Actually, I have no problem telling players the game implications for the elements I put in my world. Your example of a stop in the middle of a description is rediculous, but after that would be fine. I actually regularly tweak rules at the table to fit the scene better, and I tell the players about it when it comes into play. I just did that the other night to simplify the cover rules in 4e for a battle we had. We did not use the rules from the PHB, but I think that my shortcut fit the intention really well, and it allowed us to play faster and fit our scenario better. Communication makes games better. Don't make people guess.Actually, that is the heart of it right there. Communicate with players. Don't leave things for them to assume. When you inevitably run into a problem because communication has not been perfect, talk it out and come to a compromise. This has made all of my games better. I bet there are quite a number of cries of &quot;This is not real enough!&quot; that are really just a failure to communicate. Obviously not all, but I would guess a fair number amount to inadequate communication or inability to compromise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrecociousApprentice, post: 4740396, member: 61449"] Actually, I have no problem telling players the game implications for the elements I put in my world. Your example of a stop in the middle of a description is rediculous, but after that would be fine. I actually regularly tweak rules at the table to fit the scene better, and I tell the players about it when it comes into play. I just did that the other night to simplify the cover rules in 4e for a battle we had. We did not use the rules from the PHB, but I think that my shortcut fit the intention really well, and it allowed us to play faster and fit our scenario better. Communication makes games better. Don't make people guess. Actually, that is the heart of it right there. Communicate with players. Don't leave things for them to assume. When you inevitably run into a problem because communication has not been perfect, talk it out and come to a compromise. This has made all of my games better. I bet there are quite a number of cries of "This is not real enough!" that are really just a failure to communicate. Obviously not all, but I would guess a fair number amount to inadequate communication or inability to compromise. [/QUOTE]

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