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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 7314912" data-attributes="member: 15582">My two cents.I'm not a fan of how that's stated simply because many players won't take the next step to be more descriptive.&nbsp; I appreciate this in that it coaches players to describe how they are earning that advantage. Full stop, not a fan of that. Essentially, the player is only getting a zero sum game. They described how to earn their advantage, but now have put themselves at risk for other dangers. &quot;I've been on the look out for an bandit ambush only to be ambushed by bugbears instead.&quot; That eventually encourages just the opposite and you have them clam up and just go with the original, flavorless request to roll dice. I had a DM do similar &quot;balancing&quot; things before. My warhorse suddenly became a pegasus, but &quot;forgot&quot; how to fight as a warhorse for several game sessions. Another player hatched a dragonette, but it would claw his shoulder and make him fail casting spells for, again, several sessions. By the end of it, both of us would have rather not gotten our &quot;cool&quot; bonuses and kept to regular class features.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 7314912, member: 15582"] My two cents. I'm not a fan of how that's stated simply because many players won't take the next step to be more descriptive. [COLOR=#000000] I appreciate this in that it coaches players to describe how they are earning that advantage. Full stop, not a fan of that. Essentially, the player is only getting a zero sum game. They described how to earn their advantage, but now have put themselves at risk for other dangers. "I've been on the look out for an bandit ambush only to be ambushed by bugbears instead." That eventually encourages just the opposite and you have them clam up and just go with the original, flavorless request to roll dice. I had a DM do similar "balancing" things before. My warhorse suddenly became a pegasus, but "forgot" how to fight as a warhorse for several game sessions. Another player hatched a dragonette, but it would claw his shoulder and make him fail casting spells for, again, several sessions. By the end of it, both of us would have rather not gotten our "cool" bonuses and kept to regular class features.[/color] [/QUOTE]

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