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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8871188" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>I'll do everything I can to avoid retcons of any kind, because that's a slippery slope best kept at a great distance.</p><p></p><p>If a legitimate retcon ever arises, as DM I take it as a slap in the face in that it means I've made an egregious error that just shouldn't happen, ever.</p><p></p><p>It's a player's job to look for exploits, and the DM's job to prevent them. No problem there.</p><p></p><p>But the DM has to be proactive. This thread provides a wonderfully simple example of such: if the DM had gone over the equipment lists ahead of time and filled some gaping holes (or even better, if the damn designers had got it right in the first place*), this issue cannot arise.</p><p></p><p>By the time it gets to the point of the DM having to be reactive, as happened here, it's too late.</p><p></p><p>* - I'll cut the very early editions some slack but surely someone had to have caught this during all the edition re-designs since.</p><p></p><p>Except when how the character dresses mechanically impacts the game, as in the OP's example, you've suddenly gotta ride shotgun on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8871188, member: 29398"] I'll do everything I can to avoid retcons of any kind, because that's a slippery slope best kept at a great distance. If a legitimate retcon ever arises, as DM I take it as a slap in the face in that it means I've made an egregious error that just shouldn't happen, ever. It's a player's job to look for exploits, and the DM's job to prevent them. No problem there. But the DM has to be proactive. This thread provides a wonderfully simple example of such: if the DM had gone over the equipment lists ahead of time and filled some gaping holes (or even better, if the damn designers had got it right in the first place*), this issue cannot arise. By the time it gets to the point of the DM having to be reactive, as happened here, it's too late. * - I'll cut the very early editions some slack but surely someone had to have caught this during all the edition re-designs since. Except when how the character dresses mechanically impacts the game, as in the OP's example, you've suddenly gotta ride shotgun on it. [/QUOTE]
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