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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7601955" data-attributes="member: 97077">Yes, yes, heard it all before. This is a rule, but this isn't because I choose not to follow it, so it couldn't be a rule. That sounds like fluff, so ignore it or reflavor it however you want. And on and on. And yep, you can do all that and it's fine. Until it isn't.The D&amp;D 4e DMG doesn't apply to D&amp;D 5e. The D&amp;D 3.Xe DMG doesn't apply to D&amp;D 4e. And so on. Best to ignore other games when learning and playing a new game in my view.Again, play how you want. Just don't be surprised if there are issues when playing the game as if it's some other game.There was a conversation just this week with someone who was dissatisfied with the D&amp;D 5e skill system. As soon as we popped the hood on that one, whatdoyaknow we find that the players are declaring they are using &quot;skill checks&quot; instead of describing what they want to do and leaving the calls for checks to the DM. Which is basically the same conversation as the people who are freaked out by an NPC blacksmith's chances of making a weapon or whatever - a misunderstanding of how the adjudication process works. Game issues related to ignoring the fundamental processes of play and treating this game like it's some other game.While some groups can play that way with no issue by implementing kludges or ignoring the rough edges, other groups find fault with the system, only to discover they aren't playing the system in the manner that is intended.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7601955, member: 97077"] Yes, yes, heard it all before. This is a rule, but this isn't because I choose not to follow it, so it couldn't be a rule. That sounds like fluff, so ignore it or reflavor it however you want. And on and on. And yep, you can do all that and it's fine. Until it isn't. The D&D 4e DMG doesn't apply to D&D 5e. The D&D 3.Xe DMG doesn't apply to D&D 4e. And so on. Best to ignore other games when learning and playing a new game in my view. Again, play how you want. Just don't be surprised if there are issues when playing the game as if it's some other game. There was a conversation just this week with someone who was dissatisfied with the D&D 5e skill system. As soon as we popped the hood on that one, whatdoyaknow we find that the players are declaring they are using "skill checks" instead of describing what they want to do and leaving the calls for checks to the DM. Which is basically the same conversation as the people who are freaked out by an NPC blacksmith's chances of making a weapon or whatever - a misunderstanding of how the adjudication process works. Game issues related to ignoring the fundamental processes of play and treating this game like it's some other game. While some groups can play that way with no issue by implementing kludges or ignoring the rough edges, other groups find fault with the system, only to discover they aren't playing the system in the manner that is intended. [/QUOTE]

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