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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2865656" data-attributes="member: 707">Shilsen answered all the particular rules questions exactly as I would.I agree with you regarding the relatively worthless &quot;It depends on your DM&quot; responses.&nbsp; However, I disagree with the notion that personal rulings are irrelevent.&nbsp; A fair portion of rules questions in this forum are posted, not by players, but by fellow DMs.&nbsp; One DM asks, &quot;how does this work?&quot; because he wants to know how other DMs are ruling, and then make his own decision from there.&nbsp; In these cases, &quot;I'd personally rule...&quot; answers are not only valid, but particularly helpful.While these kinds of posts do crop up from time to time, I don't think there's anything &quot;typical&quot; about them with regards to &quot;most questions&quot; in this forum.&nbsp; It's been my experience that there are more DM posts in the Rules forum than player, though I won't say that's an actual statistic.&nbsp; Rather, let me say that there is an appreciable DM presence in this forum.I believe the RAW are the baseline, with DM tweaking as necessary.&nbsp; As a player, I dislike DMs who randomly discard the RAW.&nbsp; I want a baseline for assumptions, which can and should then be changed as needed.&nbsp; That baseline is the RAW.&nbsp; As a DM, that is the kind of game I run.&nbsp; If it's not written in the rules, don't assume it will happen.&nbsp; But feel free to ask about it if you think it should.&nbsp; And don't be surprised if occasionally, a rule is modified through DM fiat (like Great Cleave and the sack of puppies.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2865656, member: 707"] Shilsen answered all the particular rules questions exactly as I would. I agree with you regarding the relatively worthless "It depends on your DM" responses. However, I disagree with the notion that personal rulings are irrelevent. A fair portion of rules questions in this forum are posted, not by players, but by fellow DMs. One DM asks, "how does this work?" because he wants to know how other DMs are ruling, and then make his own decision from there. In these cases, "I'd personally rule..." answers are not only valid, but particularly helpful. While these kinds of posts do crop up from time to time, I don't think there's anything "typical" about them with regards to "most questions" in this forum. It's been my experience that there are more DM posts in the Rules forum than player, though I won't say that's an actual statistic. Rather, let me say that there is an appreciable DM presence in this forum.I believe the RAW are the baseline, with DM tweaking as necessary. As a player, I dislike DMs who randomly discard the RAW. I want a baseline for assumptions, which can and should then be changed as needed. That baseline is the RAW. As a DM, that is the kind of game I run. If it's not written in the rules, don't assume it will happen. But feel free to ask about it if you think it should. And don't be surprised if occasionally, a rule is modified through DM fiat (like Great Cleave and the sack of puppies.) [/QUOTE]

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