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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8194279" data-attributes="member: 29398">Exploiting is most assuredly not cheating, as the whole point of an exploit is that you're expressly NOT breaking any rules! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; And depending on the scope and intent of the exploit, it's not always even jerk-iness.&nbsp; One could argue that power-playing a Cleric in 3e was an exploit simply due to the way the class was designed, but surely not every 3e Cleric player was a jerk.That said, it's of course squarely on the DM to shut down exploits as and when* they arise.* - or preferably before; it's usually best if the DM is the most proficient rules-exploiter in the room so she can proactively find and deal with headaches before anyone else finds them. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8194279, member: 29398"] Exploiting is most assuredly not cheating, as the whole point of an exploit is that you're expressly NOT breaking any rules! :) And depending on the scope and intent of the exploit, it's not always even jerk-iness. One could argue that power-playing a Cleric in 3e was an exploit simply due to the way the class was designed, but surely not every 3e Cleric player was a jerk. That said, it's of course squarely on the DM to shut down exploits as and when* they arise. * - or preferably before; it's usually best if the DM is the most proficient rules-exploiter in the room so she can proactively find and deal with headaches before anyone else finds them. :) [/QUOTE]

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