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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 4210221" data-attributes="member: 2804">Two issues.First, I think you are expecting the Divine Challenge to be something its not. Its not intended to draw nonadjacent foes to the paladin. Its intended to keep melee foes engaged with the paladin.Second, you can't write rules for &quot;common sense&quot;. That way lies madness.Players will always try to take advantage, and DMs will zealously try to avoid imbalance to the point where they may even incorrectly apply the rule just because they don't like a particular application of it. You'll also have a lot of inconsistency from game to game. I think one of WotC's goals is to provide a stable framework for D&amp;D so that all players can play the same game and expect it to be played the same way.Writing clear concise rules does lead to some rules lawyering, but its better than endless table arguments and it helps protect DMs from abusive players and helps protect players from bad DMs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 4210221, member: 2804"] Two issues. First, I think you are expecting the Divine Challenge to be something its not. Its not intended to draw nonadjacent foes to the paladin. Its intended to keep melee foes engaged with the paladin. Second, you can't write rules for "common sense". That way lies madness. Players will always try to take advantage, and DMs will zealously try to avoid imbalance to the point where they may even incorrectly apply the rule just because they don't like a particular application of it. You'll also have a lot of inconsistency from game to game. I think one of WotC's goals is to provide a stable framework for D&D so that all players can play the same game and expect it to be played the same way. Writing clear concise rules does lead to some rules lawyering, but its better than endless table arguments and it helps protect DMs from abusive players and helps protect players from bad DMs. [/QUOTE]

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