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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 6859213">Ok, so maybe there are more things you can do in other editions (i.e. more special abilities and spells you can use) but that list is still very, very finite.&nbsp; Of the endless list of things you can do (shoot laser beams out of your eyes, cut guns in half with your mind, detonate a small thermonuclear device, smoke a mean brisket) only a tiny handful are specified as being allowable.5e also has a list of &quot;things you can do.&quot;&nbsp; There's a list of skills, there's a list of actions (Attack, Dodge, Help, Disengage, Dash, etc.), and then depending on your race, class, and options (such as spell selection) there are a bunch more &quot;things you can do.&quot;&nbsp; You don't have to ask the DM's permission to do any of them.Let's say you want to swing from a chandelier and chop somebody's head off.&nbsp; You don't have to ask the DM's permission to do this.&nbsp; You might have to ask the DM what skill &amp; DC to use to do the swinging, and maybe because the chandelier is rather high, and the target is rather far off, he sets the DC higher than you would like, but I would hope the DM wouldn't just say &quot;No, you can't do that.&quot;&nbsp; He (or she!) would say, &quot;Ok, let's see either an Athletics or Acrobatics roll with DC 20.&quot;As for the chopping off of the head, make an Attack roll.&nbsp; If you do enough damage to kill the target you should be free to narrate that as a clean head shot.Now, your DM may choose to &quot;not allow&quot; either of those things.&nbsp; But if so, that's your DM, not the edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 6859213"] Ok, so maybe there are [I]more[/I] things you can do in other editions (i.e. more special abilities and spells you can use) but that list is still very, very finite. Of the endless list of things you can do (shoot laser beams out of your eyes, cut guns in half with your mind, detonate a small thermonuclear device, smoke a mean brisket) only a tiny handful are specified as being allowable. 5e also has a list of "things you can do." There's a list of skills, there's a list of actions (Attack, Dodge, Help, Disengage, Dash, etc.), and then depending on your race, class, and options (such as spell selection) there are a bunch more "things you can do." You don't have to ask the DM's permission to do any of them. Let's say you want to swing from a chandelier and chop somebody's head off. You don't have to ask the DM's permission to do this. You might have to ask the DM what skill & DC to use to do the swinging, and maybe because the chandelier is rather high, and the target is rather far off, he sets the DC higher than you would like, but I would hope the DM wouldn't just say "No, you can't do that." He (or she!) would say, "Ok, let's see either an Athletics or Acrobatics roll with DC 20." As for the chopping off of the head, make an Attack roll. If you do enough damage to kill the target you should be free to narrate that as a clean head shot. Now, your DM may choose to "not allow" either of those things. But if so, that's your DM, not the edition. [/QUOTE]

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