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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4221954" data-attributes="member: 5143">True.  However, there will always be exceptions that work differently in the game world than the real world.  A lot of things CAN be assumed as working the same way as in real life.  I'm certainly not going to assume that there is a company called Pepsi in the game world simply because it is in real life.  Generally people only use this for basic things rather than complicated things.  The economy is unlikely to work the same way as it does it real life either.Still, I agree this needs to happen for a game to work.True.  I think this is where the disconnect comes in.  I expect that if I am using a set of rules that says "Here's what the chance of a player hitting a monster is."  I don't assume that it is the same chance all creatures everywhere have of hitting all other creatures in all circumstance.  It is simply one rule that applies in one circumstance.When a rule doesn't cover something, I default back to rule number 1 or use rule number 3 that you missed:3) Those things which are explicit or implied by the campaign setting.  If you know the average city has only 300 people in it, then villages would have to be smaller than that.  If there is an oracle who can tell the future I'm going to assume that such a power exists in some people even if it isn't in the rules.I think consistency is good in some ways.  Doors should continue to be opened by turning the door handle through the whole  game.  Walking through walls shouldn't suddenly become possible without a reason.I think applying consistency to a rule that shouldn't be consistent is a bad idea.  If a particular rule works perfectly well when you apply it in a group of players who are fighting some monsters then good.  If that same rule causes oddities when you use it for NPCs against NPCs then you use a different rule in that case.  Especially when in 99% of all cases, the players aren't going to care if you followed the rules exactly when it doesn't involve them.I think players are looking for as much consistency as they see in real life.  Which means they get a LOT in some areas(the laws of physics), and not so much in other areas(the "better" fighter losing in a boxing match, the worst candidate getting the job, one person being able to understand something easily while another has problems, and so on).  They expect a certain level of "things don't work exactly the same for everyone."</blockquote>

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