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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 1330491" data-attributes="member: 527">I was just thinking about this, and for me, it depends on the sort of challenge.  I actually like it a lot better when the player can flat out contradict me; say "Right here in the PHB it says X".  I don't have an authority issue about being DM, though I do reserve the right to smirk and overrule by saying, "Hmm, there must be something you don't know about in play...."  What drives me nuts is when a player thinks that something should be played another way, stops the game by suggesting it and then can't follow through by showing me the rule they are thinking of.  Player: "I thought it worked like X.  Here, let me get my book..."  DM: "Zzzz."  It also bugs me when a player questions something he doesn't know about, like monster abilities.  Player: "How can an Otyugh grab me and still keep on fighting!  He can't do that, we're in a grapple!"  DM: "He is a big tentacled monster and that's the sort of thing he does."But, overall, its a touchy issue.  Some people don't like being contradicted, even if they are wrong.  In that case it's better to shut your mouth and maybe have a chat with the DM after the session.  Player: "Hey, I found a rule that would have applied to that situation last week.  What do you think of playing this way from now on..."  Even if your DM is fairly liberal about it there are still plenty of missteps you can make - slowing the game down with constant interruptions; being wrong more often than the DM when you contradict him; picking at rules that hose the party but ignoring the rulings that favor the party etc etc.  So proceed with caution.</blockquote>

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