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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7483312" data-attributes="member: 16814">You've fatally kneecapped your own argument, here.  If what I choose to draw in Pictionary is part of the rules because the rules say, "draw," then how is creating fiction in RPGs not part of tge game when the rules say, "create fiction?"Basic play for 5e is:1.  DM describes scene.2.  Players describe actions.3.  DM adjudicates actions4.  DM narrates results.5.  Goto 1.This is pretty much the play loop for almost all RPGs with some modification.  This is how the rulebooks tell you how to play.  How, then, is doing this not playing within the rules like my drawing is in Pictionary?</blockquote>