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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Dragon" data-source="post: 6243357" data-attributes="member: 1115">And such a discussion is a good oppurtunity for further development of the game. Often such discussions seem to start because a spell is considered too powerful or broken outright (at least in the groups I played), cheesy magic items came next (like the Animated Tower Shield of Adamantine Cheese used by a greatsword-wielding fighter), then cheesy classes (like the Radiant Cheese of Pelor, or the Morninglord of Cheese).Playing all spells by the RAW&nbsp; is a very tough challenge for DM, IMO. IIRC, somewhere in the basic rule books (DMG?) it says that the DM can't cheat. If a spell seems to be OP, the DM also has the option to improvise in order to tone down a particular spell's power to keep an ongoing encounter interesting. Creativity is part of the game, and the &quot;rules&quot; are more guidelines, IMO (and I think this was mentioned in the DMG as well). If all players at the table agree upon that, discussions upon that &quot;rules&quot;/spell topic should be short.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Dragon, post: 6243357, member: 1115"] And such a discussion is a good oppurtunity for further development of the game. Often such discussions seem to start because a spell is considered too powerful or broken outright (at least in the groups I played), cheesy magic items came next (like the Animated Tower Shield of Adamantine Cheese used by a greatsword-wielding fighter), then cheesy classes (like the Radiant Cheese of Pelor, or the Morninglord of Cheese). Playing all spells by the RAW is a very tough challenge for DM, IMO. IIRC, somewhere in the basic rule books (DMG?) it says that the DM can't cheat. If a spell seems to be OP, the DM also has the option to improvise in order to tone down a particular spell's power to keep an ongoing encounter interesting. Creativity is part of the game, and the "rules" are more guidelines, IMO (and I think this was mentioned in the DMG as well). If all players at the table agree upon that, discussions upon that "rules"/spell topic should be short. [/QUOTE]

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