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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5739317" data-attributes="member: 6668292">If I feel there's a glaring mistake, I will. I think I would have with Ray of Stupidity, for example. Though of course I'd let my players know before they cast the spell. I wouldn't have nerfed Glitterdust like that. The blinding is much more powerful than the visibility, in my mind, and a player using two turns to find the enemy and root him out seems like great teamwork, which I like to see.So, yes, I do nerf things on the fly, but only if they seem like they're missing a line that they should have, or if they're too overtly powerful, or if they are being abused mechanically (players are pursuing RAW when it's obvious that RAI intended for something else), etc.I often say, "if you use it, so can I" and that stops a lot of stuff from showing up. I think that's really a good sign of whether or not the players think something's fair. If it's not fair for me to use it, it's not fair for them to use it. If they don't mind me using a particular tactic against them, then it's cool if they use it, too.Just my group. I know some groups (or individuals) prefer a "wait until after the session" style, but I don't. I'm big on consistency and internal consistency, and I hate retconning. I can also rule pretty quickly, so that helps. I might debate something for five minutes before I'm good, but it's usually about fifteen seconds. Though if someone does point something out later to change my mind, I'm going to say, "well, I guess we missed that, so I'm changing it" and dealing with the inconsistency. I don't like the inconsistency, but I don't want to cheat the player, either. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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