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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7168735" data-attributes="member: 996">No, it just doesn't fit the way he wants to pace his campaign, and he's implemented a house rule to circumvent it - which is exactly what 5e DMs are supposed to do.   Oh, he fixed it, he just also broke it, first, by not using it as directed.  ;P   They still need to be modded/adjusted to some to work for that purpose, of course, they just need to do it ahead of time, and stick to it, rather than using the more flexible rulings-over-rules philosophy, or RaW, it's house-rules-as-stipulated-to, I guess.  While my experience/expectations are closer to yours than Imaro's, his is hardly implausible, and illustrates why the DM having the greatest mastery of the rules, the DM consistently exercising his 'authority'(Empowerment) to make rulings, and taking as much resolution as practicable behind the screen are each (or all) good practices, in 5e, as they were in the classic game. I'd say* it confirmed GURPS's validation of Rolemaster's confirmation of 1e AD&D's proof that you can't have a rule for everything......at least, not in a list-based system.   Oh, you mean limits like the edge of the screen.  D&D has plenty of limits, that get crossed all the time.  That was even the point you were making.Its limits aren't respected or enforced.That depends on the system and the style.  Traditiona & 5e D&D runs best from behind the screen, the players must have complete confidence in the DM for that.  If you're running a system that works well enough 'above board,' then, while the DM still has final say, players as rules knowledge resources are just fine, and system mastery isn't needed from the DM - the bar is much lower. Of course in adversarial play it's good to be closely matched.* And I'm leaving out a lot of other games that seemed to try the a-rule-for-everything design.</blockquote>

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