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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malraux" data-source="post: 4895557" data-attributes="member: 24352">my general rule of thumb is that no more than 30 seconds or so should be spent arbitrating a rule.  After that, the DM should make a temporary call.  After that session, away from the table, any amount of detailed rules lookup should be done to determine the by the book rule.My only general exception to this is life-death sorts of situations.  Those matter a lot to get something right.That said, my general opinion on rule adjudication is that you should always decide in favor of the more awesome option.  "Can I use mage hand to tip the giant stewpot over onto the bad guys?"  IMO, that sounds awesome, and so it works at least once.</blockquote>