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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 274373" data-attributes="member: 2011">That’s why it’s a forum. To get differing points of view. Does that bother you?And, that’s fine for you. However, do not expect everyone to play the game the way you do.Hence, you are adjusting what you perceive to be the general rule to handle the situation. I prefer to look at a wide variety of situations and come up with a general rule that handles the vast majority of them so that I rarely need to come up with an adjudication during the game. Adjudicating special cases is fine, but I prefer to limit that as much as possible so that I both stay consistent in my rulings and so that I do not have to think a lot about adjudications when I can be handling the combat instead.Actually, I firmly believe in strict adherence to the rules where possible. It gives you a more consistent common ground with your players than if you make a lot of sporadic and on the fly rulings.As for grids, I use hexes. I find there are a lot less problems, one of them being that there is an edge line between every space, hence, going across corners isn’t an issue. But, that does not stop me from having a strong opinion in a square grid discussion.I think that you should follow the rules when possible. I think the DM should not “cheat”. I think the game is about fun and a lot of players have less fun if they perceive that the DM is not consistent, or is not following the rules or whatever.Some people think that the DM is god, but he’s not. Some people think that the DM’s storyline is all important, but it’s not. Everyone is there to have fun, not just the DM. If you abuse the rules too much as a DM for whatever reason, you might find yourself losing players.</blockquote>

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