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Why do so many DMs use the wrong rules for invisibility?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7019911" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>I always try to avoid saying that my interpretation of the rules the the one true way*. By and large I don't believe it adds any credence to include the acronym "RAW" as part of my posting. My opinion and preference is just that, my opinion and preference.</p><p></p><p>So to sum up my opinions/preferences on this subject</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Invisibility should be more then just a long-running Blur spell that prevents you from attacking or casting spells. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you're going to quote rules, quote them. Don't take them out of context, don't change the wording. Don't insist that "can be" means "is always". </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I agree that in many cases you can detect the location of an invisible creature that is not hidden from you. There is simply nothing in the rules that state that you can always detect the location of an invisible creature unless they are hidden.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you state that you run as <em>X</em> and I say I run it as <em>Y</em>, that's fine. Just don't state that your opinion is the one true way because it's "RAW".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I prefer 5E because it gets away from the style of [previous edition which shall not be named] that often played like a tactical board game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is probably always going to be a big divide between people who prefer a game-ist explicit set of rules versus those who prefer 5E's more relaxed approach.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p><em>*I don't always succeed I'm sure. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7019911, member: 6801845"] I always try to avoid saying that my interpretation of the rules the the one true way*. By and large I don't believe it adds any credence to include the acronym "RAW" as part of my posting. My opinion and preference is just that, my opinion and preference. So to sum up my opinions/preferences on this subject [LIST] [*]Invisibility should be more then just a long-running Blur spell that prevents you from attacking or casting spells. [*]If you're going to quote rules, quote them. Don't take them out of context, don't change the wording. Don't insist that "can be" means "is always". [*]I agree that in many cases you can detect the location of an invisible creature that is not hidden from you. There is simply nothing in the rules that state that you can always detect the location of an invisible creature unless they are hidden. [*]If you state that you run as [I]X[/I] and I say I run it as [I]Y[/I], that's fine. Just don't state that your opinion is the one true way because it's "RAW". [*]I prefer 5E because it gets away from the style of [previous edition which shall not be named] that often played like a tactical board game. [*]There is probably always going to be a big divide between people who prefer a game-ist explicit set of rules versus those who prefer 5E's more relaxed approach. [/LIST] [I]*I don't always succeed I'm sure. :) [/I] [/QUOTE]
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