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<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 5090249" data-attributes="member: 46559">Eh.&nbsp; I don't think we need to codify it that strictly.&nbsp; There are variations in interpretation between different DMs in L4W; always have been, always will be.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; Mal Malenkirk doesn't allow taking two short rests in a row to use things like Healing Word, to conserve surges.&nbsp; I do.&nbsp; I'm not interested in dictating exactly how every DM has to run their games; quite the opposite.&nbsp; I don't think this game works at all without the DM using their common sense to arbitrate the (many) gaps and contradictions in the rules that inevitably crop up whenever PCs do their thing.&nbsp; For instance, I think it's silly to argue that Cleave's secondary damage isn't damage from an attack.&nbsp; The guy hit you with a sword, fer cryin' out loud, and he did it on purpose.&nbsp; Arguing that it's not an attack because it doesn't have the word &quot;attack&quot; next to it, makes me feel like I'm grading papers, or debugging a really badly written program, instead of playing a game.&nbsp; More to say; out of time, gotta run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 5090249, member: 46559"] Eh. I don't think we need to codify it that strictly. There are variations in interpretation between different DMs in L4W; always have been, always will be. Example: Mal Malenkirk doesn't allow taking two short rests in a row to use things like Healing Word, to conserve surges. I do. I'm not interested in dictating exactly how every DM has to run their games; quite the opposite. I don't think this game works at all without the DM using their common sense to arbitrate the (many) gaps and contradictions in the rules that inevitably crop up whenever PCs do their thing. For instance, I think it's silly to argue that Cleave's secondary damage isn't damage from an attack. The guy hit you with a sword, fer cryin' out loud, and he did it on purpose. Arguing that it's not an attack because it doesn't have the word "attack" next to it, makes me feel like I'm grading papers, or debugging a really badly written program, instead of playing a game. More to say; out of time, gotta run. [/QUOTE]

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