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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6144112" data-attributes="member: 6669384">I think I did this before, but I felt silly so I'm doing it again:&nbsp; What's the stupidest game rule you've encountered?Background:&nbsp; There's a &quot;game within the game&quot; we play at our table.&nbsp; When we encounter a stupid rule, in any game system, we put it up to a vote on whether it's the stupidest rule we've heard of.&nbsp; Candidates we've enjoyed:&nbsp; 1) By the book, D&amp;D 3.* Disintegrate spell won't affect trees, since they're described as &quot;objects&quot;, yet are alive.&nbsp; The spell describes it's effect on creatures, and on non-living objects.&nbsp; Living objects aren't covered.&nbsp;2) By the book, D&amp;D 4e Fireball would be safe to throw into a museum of priceless artifacts and documents, or into a room packed with dynamite for that matter.&nbsp; The RAW says it affects all &quot;targets&quot; in the area, and defines &quot;targets&quot; as living creatures.&nbsp; It omits the line found in previous editions about damaging (and possibly igniting) other things in the area.So pick a system and pick your favorite &quot;stupid&quot; rule.&nbsp; Share it with the rest of us, or just cast your vote for the ones already mentioned!(Remember, this is for fun.&nbsp; Try to keep blatant system-bashing to a minimum.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6144112, member: 6669384"] I think I did this before, but I felt silly so I'm doing it again: What's the stupidest game rule you've encountered? Background: There's a "game within the game" we play at our table. When we encounter a stupid rule, in any game system, we put it up to a vote on whether it's the stupidest rule we've heard of. Candidates we've enjoyed: 1) By the book, D&D 3.* [I]Disintegrate[/I] spell won't affect trees, since they're described as "objects", yet are alive. The spell describes it's effect on creatures, and on non-living objects. Living objects aren't covered. 2) By the book, D&D 4e [I]Fireball[/I] would be safe to throw into a museum of priceless artifacts and documents, or into a room packed with dynamite for that matter. The RAW says it affects all "targets" in the area, and defines "targets" as living creatures. It omits the line found in previous editions about damaging (and possibly igniting) other things in the area. So pick a system and pick your favorite "stupid" rule. Share it with the rest of us, or just cast your vote for the ones already mentioned! (Remember, this is for fun. Try to keep blatant system-bashing to a minimum.) [/QUOTE]

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