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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 330061" data-attributes="member: 2">Clarification: when I said &quot;It seems to me that insisting or urging that it be played differently, just because that happens to be a campaign style which you prefer,&quot; I meant &quot;It seems to me that insisting or urging that other people play it differently, just because that happens to be a campaign style which you prefer.&quot;&nbsp; Sorry if this led to any misunderstandings. I think people should make all the changes they want in their own games; I'm a little iffier about folks trumpeting their house rules as gospel for everyone else to use.&nbsp; I think, like everyone else, that I don't want someone else to tell me how to game.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Joshua, I don't think that passage is meant for DMs who take into account spells that they don't like and build their campaign worlds without them. That sort of verisimillitude is great, because it's predictable and consistent. Instead, it's meant for DMs who suddenly try to nerf abilities as soon as the PCs get them. The DM who tried to outlaw Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion is a great example. Do you see this differentiation too, or is it something that I'm reading into that passage in the DMG?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 330061, member: 2"] Clarification: when I said "It seems to me that insisting or urging that it be played differently, just because that happens to be a campaign style which you prefer," I meant "It seems to me that insisting or urging that [b]other people play it differently[/b], just because that happens to be a campaign style which you prefer." Sorry if this led to any misunderstandings. I think people should make all the changes they want in their own games; I'm a little iffier about folks trumpeting their house rules as gospel for everyone else to use. I think, like everyone else, that I don't want someone else to tell me how to game. :D Joshua, I don't think that passage is meant for DMs who take into account spells that they don't like and build their campaign worlds without them. That sort of verisimillitude is great, because it's predictable and consistent. Instead, it's meant for DMs who suddenly try to nerf abilities as soon as the PCs get them. The DM who tried to outlaw Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion is a great example. Do you see this differentiation too, or is it something that I'm reading into that passage in the DMG? [/QUOTE]

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