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<blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 2181022" data-attributes="member: 13654">ALL players should at the very least learn the rules that govern how their character functions within the game system.&nbsp; Anyone who effectively refuses simply won't get a seat at my game, and if I have anything to say about it they won't sit in a game that I'm in as a player either.&nbsp; The rules are not the be-all end-all of the game by the remotest stretch of imagination - but they ARE there for a reason.&nbsp; Unless the DM has openly stated that the rules DON'T MATTER then players must learn the rules.And simply learning the basic rules and those that most closely apply to their particular character is a MINIMUM.&nbsp; You can do that just to get people started in the game, to BEGIN to play without having to know the rules back to front.&nbsp; After they get started though they'd better be reading the PH, and paying attention to the rules being applied by and to other players and their characters.&nbsp; If nothing else it's going to be to their advantage to know how the ENTIRE game functions, not just their personal little corner of it.&nbsp; You don't have to know the rules for Power Attack, attacking with two weapons, damage resistance and spell resistance to play a 1st level wizard.&nbsp; But knowing those rules, how you can eventually apply them and how they can and will eventually be applied to you and the other PC's will keep your fellow players and DM from wanting to lynch you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D+1, post: 2181022, member: 13654"] ALL players should at the very least learn the rules that govern how their character functions within the game system. Anyone who effectively refuses simply won't get a seat at my game, and if I have anything to say about it they won't sit in a game that I'm in as a player either. The rules are not the be-all end-all of the game by the remotest stretch of imagination - but they ARE there for a reason. Unless the DM has openly stated that the rules DON'T MATTER then players must learn the rules. And simply learning the basic rules and those that most closely apply to their particular character is a MINIMUM. You can do that just to get people started in the game, to BEGIN to play without having to know the rules back to front. After they get started though they'd better be reading the PH, and paying attention to the rules being applied by and to other players and their characters. If nothing else it's going to be to their advantage to know how the ENTIRE game functions, not just their personal little corner of it. You don't have to know the rules for Power Attack, attacking with two weapons, damage resistance and spell resistance to play a 1st level wizard. But knowing those rules, how you can eventually apply them and how they can and will eventually be applied to you and the other PC's will keep your fellow players and DM from wanting to lynch you. [/QUOTE]

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