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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyrm Pilot" data-source="post: 3227676" data-attributes="member: 4882">Big, large, huge, gargantuan, colossal difference here -- in d20/3.x, the rules specifically include provisions for warriors and paladins trying to track missing children while the nearest ranger is a duchy away. We're not talking about characters having to play against their strengths, we're talking about players trying to deal with situations which actually break the rules. If the environment was created by an epic spellcaster using the Piercing Cold feat, and the robes in question are epic Robes of Resist Cold, I'd think the designer was overdoing it or the DM was taking an adversarial role to the players (as opposed to certain NPCs & monsters to the PCs; it's different). But as written, it's just a sign that the designer is either (a) stupid, (b) lazy, or (c) possessed of a sense of humor not shared by any other sentient lifeform.It wouldn't be DM Fiat, it would be DM fixing the work of a sub-standard designer. And actually knowing the rules, and expecting them to be followed, doesn't make one a "rules lawyer" any more than driving under the speed limit is the same as passing the state bar exam. An actual DM should know that.Cheers,Wyrm Pilot</blockquote>