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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9704591" data-attributes="member: 29398">For WotC-era D&D:Gamist - snap to grid; movement in squares or 5-foot steps; area-of-effect rulesGamist - overly-fast hit point recovery through rest; fully-functional at 1 h.p. and dead or dying at 0* Narrativist? - hit points as (some degree of) plot protectionGamist - cyclic turn-based initiative and combat; strict action economiesSome other things most certainly not simulationist but I'm not sure where else they fit:No intrinsic stat differences between species (e.g. a Goliath and a Gnome have the same strength range)Different rules for PCs vs NPCs in the setting* Arbitrary limits on spell preparation, spell casting, ability use, martial maneuver use, etc.A lot of things to do with timing and how long certain actions takeAnd that's just off the cuff - there's loads more I've missed, I'm sure.The ones marked with a leading '*' above are those that most people generally accept and live with for playability and-or balance reasons, mostly because changing them involves pretty much rewriting the entire game from scratch.  The others are fairly easy to fix.</blockquote>