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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9015690" data-attributes="member: 82106">I have to concur. I mean, I think that the people who wrote the 5e core books are pretty trad, at least they were writing from a pretty trad PoV, but I also think they were attempting to NOT come down to much on any side of the various arguments about styles of play, GM authority, etc. People felt that 4e had a 'player bias', that it distinctly removed certain things from the purview of the GM that they felt were traditionally GM prerogatives. So they made some statements which are quite reasonably interpretable as supporting a supervenient GM authority over everything. OTOH they also knew that they were best off to NOT do that, because it is generally destructive to quality of play and overall 'D&amp;D ecology'. So, all this stuff is written in a very sideways kind of way that can be taken however you want to take it.My point is, really its useless to argue about. If you write to WotC customer support and ask them flat out, they're not going to give you a straight answer, I can almost guarantee it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9015690, member: 82106"] I have to concur. I mean, I think that the people who wrote the 5e core books are pretty trad, at least they were writing from a pretty trad PoV, but I also think they were attempting to NOT come down to much on any side of the various arguments about styles of play, GM authority, etc. People felt that 4e had a 'player bias', that it distinctly removed certain things from the purview of the GM that they felt were traditionally GM prerogatives. So they made some statements which are quite reasonably interpretable as supporting a supervenient GM authority over everything. OTOH they also knew that they were best off to NOT do that, because it is generally destructive to quality of play and overall 'D&D ecology'. So, all this stuff is written in a very sideways kind of way that can be taken however you want to take it. My point is, really its useless to argue about. If you write to WotC customer support and ask them flat out, they're not going to give you a straight answer, I can almost guarantee it! [/QUOTE]

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