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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 9079188" data-attributes="member: 7020832">Why does the definition of what constitutes a player “altering the games’ reality” matter?I would argue that the definition matters because resolving the stated issue depends on identifying the stated issue.Take [USER=6795602]@FrogReaver[/USER] ’s definition.  It’s a definition that identifies “possible abuse by the player” as the issue associated with the player’s altering the game reality.The issue “possible abuse by the player” can be resolved in a number of ways.  And has been, by different RPGs.If instead the issue is “the player is exercising an authority that the DM believes is rightfully his”, than it doesn’t matter that the player is restricted from abusing the alteration of game reality: the DM will still feel that the player is infringing on his prerogative.</blockquote>