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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9499126" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Because 5e has elected to leave most things of this nature to the DM. I don't care for it either, but that is their design ethos. Let us not cast aspersions.Sure, you can do that. 5e's designers believe a universal rule on things if this nature is a bad idea.I will say that there is such a thing as going too far with rules elements like this. Because, well, that exact thing is the tragic flaw of 3rd edition and its children. For deep, widely used elements like this, a specific answer may be worth the trouble, but one must be careful about setting a precedent. I'm not saying it's a slippery slope from &quot;setting an explicit definition for verbal components&quot; all the way to &quot;17 pages of situational modifiers just for typical skill rolls&quot; or whatever. More like a warning that there is a risk of snowball effect: many, many, many, many different people each have their own personal bugaboo, their own &quot;why can't you fix just this one thing?! How is that so hard?!&quot; And any one of them could reasonably argue they'd been shortchanged for not getting their preference addressed while others got their little detail addressed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9499126, member: 6790260"] Because 5e has elected to leave most things of this nature to the DM. I don't care for it either, but that is their design ethos. Let us not cast aspersions. Sure, you can do that. 5e's designers believe a universal rule on things if this nature is a bad idea. I will say that there is such a thing as going [I]too far[/I] with rules elements like this. Because, well, that exact thing is the tragic flaw of 3rd edition and its children. For deep, widely used elements like this, a specific answer may be worth the trouble, but one must be careful about setting a precedent. I'm not saying it's a slippery slope from "setting an explicit definition for verbal components" all the way to "17 pages of situational modifiers just for typical skill rolls" or whatever. More like a warning that there is a risk of snowball effect: many, many, many, many different people each have their own personal bugaboo, their own "why can't you fix just this [I]one[/I] thing?! How is that so hard?!" And any one of them could reasonably argue they'd been shortchanged for not getting [I]their[/I] preference addressed while others got their little detail addressed. [/QUOTE]

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