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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7287411" data-attributes="member: 2525">Ha are you seriously claiming if anyone disagrees about a rule that's all it takes to make it "unclear" and therefore DM discretion? Come on, AL has no meaning if that's how it worked - that's what they mean by "adopting a collaborative mindset" where it can't just be a few people who disagree with a rule. You know that's not how it works, why are we even having this silly argument? You have to cite a rule IN THE PHB that isn't clear. It's clear though - you gave your reasons for why you think it works different, and none of your reasons come from a PHB rule or show a rule in the PHB that's unclear. Your entire argument is purely you don't imagine it should be able to work - that's not a rule. All the things that form the basis of your "interpretation" must be in the text of the rule, not just your imagination. Because it has to be something all other DMs and players have access to at all other tables in AL, and none of them have access to your imagination. It's persuasive because, "Above all, D&D Adventurers League DMs have to adopt a collaborative mindset. Organized play is not the same as home play, where a DM’s word can be gospel. DMs must adjust style and pacing to players’ preferences. They should uphold “Rules as Written” and campaign guidelines". If that's really the rules as written you're supposed to uphold it. It's up to WOTC to errata it if it becomes a problem, not you. They've made it abundantly clear where the duty and responsibility for making those calls lays, and it's not with the DM for AL it's with WOTC.  And WOTC did adjust the rules to account for that issue. Your job as an AL DM is to follow the rules as written, no matter how bad you think those rules are. It's a duty you take on as an AL DM.You seem to have an issue with that. That's OK, DM'ing for AL isn't for everyone. In fact, it doesn't suit me either, so I totally understand. But, that being the case, why are you doing it when it clearly doesn't mesh well with your DM'ing philosophy? You just...don't get to make these sorts of calls for AL like you do at your home table. WOTC considers it unfair to other players who play at other tables where the rules as written are followed to the letter, and all things which are legal under the rules are allowed. We don't have to like that, but we do have to follow their rules.</blockquote>

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