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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4019864" data-attributes="member: 18">Whilst I intellectually agree with you, I am constantly reminded of the fact that the very first adventure I created was full of monsters I made up entirely (I didn't have an MC), and that very many of the adjudications I made were completely not covered by the rules.When I got AD&amp;D, I really didn't know anything that wasn't in 2E DMG. Which I am informed is the worst DMG, and least useful. Yet I was able to make stuff up that made sense, made people happy and so on, and via Dragon, I was rapidly introduced more formally to concepts like &quot;house rules&quot; and that the game could be modified more formally, and so on.So I'm not sure this &quot;house rule it&quot; deal will impact new DMs a whole lot, if at all, esp. as house-ruling/adjudicating is likely to take place mostly out of combat. As to how it will affect the VTT, well, it'll cause absolute havoc if people are actually modifying rules, but I daresay the VTT doesn't LET you modify rules, indeed, I'll be faintly surprised if it even lets you bring in non-standard monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 4019864, member: 18"] Whilst I intellectually agree with you, I am constantly reminded of the fact that the very first adventure I created was full of monsters I made up entirely (I didn't have an MC), and that very many of the adjudications I made were completely not covered by the rules. When I got AD&D, I really didn't know anything that wasn't in 2E DMG. Which I am informed is the worst DMG, and least useful. Yet I was able to make stuff up that made sense, made people happy and so on, and via Dragon, I was rapidly introduced more formally to concepts like "house rules" and that the game could be modified more formally, and so on. So I'm not sure this "house rule it" deal will impact new DMs a whole lot, if at all, esp. as house-ruling/adjudicating is likely to take place mostly out of combat. As to how it will affect the VTT, well, it'll cause absolute havoc if people are actually modifying rules, but I daresay the VTT doesn't LET you modify rules, indeed, I'll be faintly surprised if it even lets you bring in non-standard monsters. [/QUOTE]

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