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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyvernhand" data-source="post: 5551645" data-attributes="member: 97681">Ok, I get that you are detail oriented with gear. Thats fine. My DM is too. If its not on your sheet, you don't have it. Didn't include ink and parchment? No mapmaking for you. But this is kinda...blah. I'll sometimes say things for dramatic effect like "Grak checks to see if his greatsword is clear in it's scabbard", even though I know it never will. Its just appropriate, like a dramatic gun cock or something. I, however, would be really pissed if the DM said something like "you know how you tied your sword to your backpack when you secured your gear 4 hours ago when you guys were climbing up the Cliffs of Sorrow? Yea, since you never said you untied it, its still there. It'll take you a move action to unsling your backpack, a full round action to untie the sword, and another move action to draw it. Oh, and there are orcs shooting at you". Of COURSE I would have untied my sword, it was 4 freakin hours ago. Just because I didn't say it that time, doesn't mean that common sense should be thrown out. Thats almost as asinine as this: Player: I take a drink of ale.DM: Since you didn't say you open your mouth, you just splash ale on your chin. People see it and laugh at you.Player: I wipe my mouth with my handkerchief.DM: You didn't write that you have a handkerchief on your character sheet, so you don't have one.Player: Fine, I use my sleeve. Screw this place, I get up and leave.DM: Since you didn't say that you tied your boots this morning, you trip and fall, knocking over a nearby table. Some orcs glare at you.Player: Sorry, I did mean to. Here, have some gold to buy a couple new rounds for them.DM: You never said you picked up your coin purse either, so I'm assuming you left your money back at your house.Player: What the heck? I didn't say I put on my clothes either, does that mean I'm naked?DM: Um...actually, yea. The orcs laugh at the pitiful naked human. Since its cold in the bar, they laugh even harder.Player: Screw you, I'm going home to play WoW*... Granted, there is a fair bit of hyperbole in there to prove the point, but I think you can kinda see what I'm getting at. The game is Dungeons and Dragons, not Accountants and Actuaries. I don't want to have to go down a checklist to make sure I properly dressed myself into the morning, or that I'm combat ready in an area where I expect combat, or whatever. THAT suspends MY disbelief. Now, sometimes when I play, we've had PCs peace-tie their weapons in a city (required by the city law), making it hard to draw a weapon. Keeps crime down a bit in a major city where adventurers often wander. If the players leave the city, I'm going to assume they unbond their weapons, because that's what makes sense. If the players are attacked by orcs after 2 days of travel on the road and Sir Reginold the Valiant goes to draw his Holy Avenger, only to find it's still peace-bonded because his player didn't specifically state that they untied it, thats still asinine. *Note, as a recovering WoWaholic, I hate the game.  I'd rather go back and play it than play a game like this.  Thats how strong I feel about this.</blockquote>

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