Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
That's always the problem with this stuff. It's just so much easier to restrict things when you have something in the book to point at that backs you up.I agree. I know people who didn't even know those rules were optional and had always assumed them baseline.
That said, I'm really disappointed with the removal of the "this is optional" wording. Now as a DM, I'm gonna have to actively ban those from my games instead of just not opting in like I used to do.