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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2983240" data-attributes="member: 22779">I wonder why?&nbsp; I'm not being facetious here.&nbsp; I would think that designers SHOULD assume that the DM cleaves completely to the RAW.&nbsp; The alternative is design ideas that each DM is going to fold, spindle and maul the rules anyway, so any product doesn't really have to mesh with other products.This became rather evident in the 2e days.&nbsp; I'm thinking specifically about clerics.&nbsp; The power difference between what was in the PHB, Tome of Magic, Complete Priest and Faiths and Avatars was incredible, never mind Skills and Powers.&nbsp; You went from a fairly balanced class, to an incredibly gibbled one, to unhuman monstrocities.Personally, I would think that designers should absolutely adhere to RAW and be very explicit when they deviate.&nbsp; To me, that means that the designers have to assume that the DM's also cleave entirely to the RAW.&nbsp; It makes breaking the rules much easier when everyone is on the same page.&nbsp; <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="Hussar, post: 2983240, member: 22779"] I wonder why? I'm not being facetious here. I would think that designers SHOULD assume that the DM cleaves completely to the RAW. The alternative is design ideas that each DM is going to fold, spindle and maul the rules anyway, so any product doesn't really have to mesh with other products. This became rather evident in the 2e days. I'm thinking specifically about clerics. The power difference between what was in the PHB, Tome of Magic, Complete Priest and Faiths and Avatars was incredible, never mind Skills and Powers. You went from a fairly balanced class, to an incredibly gibbled one, to unhuman monstrocities. Personally, I would think that designers should absolutely adhere to RAW and be very explicit when they deviate. To me, that means that the designers have to assume that the DM's also cleave entirely to the RAW. It makes breaking the rules much easier when everyone is on the same page. :) [/QUOTE]

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