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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4642249" data-attributes="member: 710">The only reason why you cannot knock an ooze prone in 3E is because it is explicitly written in the rules. It has nothing to do with the players or the DM using common sense or wanting to maintain "color", it's all about the rules saying you cannot trip it. On the other hand we have rules saying that all undead are mindless and immune to mind-affecting powers, even Vampires that definitely have a mind. Is there a "color" reason for being unable to control vampires or liches (especially since there are spells like Control Undead that work against them)? The rules in 3E also don't tell us that you can use Bigbys Clenching Fist to manipulate a lever. You might allow that, but the description of the spell doesn't imply that you can use Bigbys Clenching Fist to do anything that a clenching fist could do. And D&D 3E or 4E wouldn't be the only ones to do such things.The rules in Shadowrun allow you to cast a Flamethrower spell. The spell doesn't describe how or if you could try to use this to lighten up a cigarette (and still be able to smoke it, and not it burning away). A generous DM might make a ruling and decide that it's okay to do that with that spell, even if it's usually a combat spell designed to kill enemies and burn stuff down.</blockquote>