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<blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 7578638" data-attributes="member: 6796566"><p>Honestly, you're not wrong for my game or for me as a DM. I have no hesitation to take a rule from a different edition or a different game and adapt it to my 5e campaign, or to house rule something to work better for my group. There are other DMs for whom it seems to be a big deal, though, and I think the distinction needs to be preserved. Some DMs, especially new ones who haven't played other editions or other TTRPGs, really seem to feel as though they should cleave to the rules and not go off the reservation, and others (perhaps those involved in the Adventurer's League) are constrained by the terms of their particular game groups.</p><p></p><p>Another problem I see, and the thing that has kept me active in this "flogging a dead griffin" thread, is the emergence of an attitude that Jeremy's Sage Advice represents the "right way" to interpret the rules and play the game. There is no one right way that works for everyone, and I really think Jeremy's use of the "official" designation will cause more harm than good, creating the sort of confusion we're seeing in the post to which I was responding in the text you quoted.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Also, it is important to note that the SAC is not at all like "every rule in the PHB," because it doesn't contain any <u>rules</u> at all. It's all <u>rulings</u>, which we've clearly seen are subject to Jeremy changing his mind about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epithet, post: 7578638, member: 6796566"] Honestly, you're not wrong for my game or for me as a DM. I have no hesitation to take a rule from a different edition or a different game and adapt it to my 5e campaign, or to house rule something to work better for my group. There are other DMs for whom it seems to be a big deal, though, and I think the distinction needs to be preserved. Some DMs, especially new ones who haven't played other editions or other TTRPGs, really seem to feel as though they should cleave to the rules and not go off the reservation, and others (perhaps those involved in the Adventurer's League) are constrained by the terms of their particular game groups. Another problem I see, and the thing that has kept me active in this "flogging a dead griffin" thread, is the emergence of an attitude that Jeremy's Sage Advice represents the "right way" to interpret the rules and play the game. There is no one right way that works for everyone, and I really think Jeremy's use of the "official" designation will cause more harm than good, creating the sort of confusion we're seeing in the post to which I was responding in the text you quoted. Edit: Also, it is important to note that the SAC is not at all like "every rule in the PHB," because it doesn't contain any [U]rules[/U] at all. It's all [U]rulings[/U], which we've clearly seen are subject to Jeremy changing his mind about. [/QUOTE]
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