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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runestar" data-source="post: 4552111" data-attributes="member: 72317">While I generally agree that the rules are there so that DMs who are not comfortable with having to houserule on the fly (or confident with their own capabilities in doing so) can have something to fall back on, rather than some holy text he has to adhere to at all times, I would like to confirm a few points.Can I have a few examples of what being a RAW-obsessed DM entails? The initial post seems rather vague. It seems to suggest - for instance, if the BBEG dies too quickly, you could just secretly give him more hp. But why was he so fragile in the first place? Shouldn't the correct solution be to learn to build npcs better, so they don't croak the moment the PCs so much as breath on him? Basically, I see nothing wrong with the DM opting to following RAW if the party knows and is okay with it beforehand. The upside is that everyone knows what to expect. The party know for certainty that abilities are going to work the way as written in the book, and not changed on the fly just because the DM arbitrarily felt that it would be more "fun" that way.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></blockquote>