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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3135768" data-attributes="member: 158">A lot of this argument, for me, goes under the same heading as the subjects of DMs making their Bard players sing songs, or charismatic players roleplaying out every small detail of their social interactions with NPCs, or making fighter players mime the exact moves they're using, or Wizard players needing to produce bat guano and sulfur at the table. Other players don't have to go through hoops to produce anachronistic offerings at the table, because they're anachronistic; however, if a player does have a modern equivalent for the action they can engage in, they MUST engage in it exactly as if it were a real-life action.Why put a player through that much scrutiny and accounting over a game? I'd rather have a DM spell out EXACTLY what a paladin in his view would do in a situation, same as if the Paladin's religious training were kicking in, and then let me decide whether to follow through or not. FranktheDM's Know: Religion check and his clear-cut Paladin code is probably the best one I've seen in a while, IMO; I follow similar rules in my games (where a paladin IS a frequent occurance).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3135768, member: 158"] A lot of this argument, for me, goes under the same heading as the subjects of DMs making their Bard players sing songs, or charismatic players roleplaying out every small detail of their social interactions with NPCs, or making fighter players mime the exact moves they're using, or Wizard players needing to produce bat guano and sulfur at the table. Other players don't have to go through hoops to produce anachronistic offerings at the table, because they're anachronistic; however, if a player does have a modern equivalent for the action they can engage in, they MUST engage in it exactly as if it were a real-life action. Why put a player through that much scrutiny and accounting over a game? I'd rather have a DM spell out EXACTLY what a paladin in his view would do in a situation, same as if the Paladin's religious training were kicking in, and then let me decide whether to follow through or not. FranktheDM's Know: Religion check and his clear-cut Paladin code is probably the best one I've seen in a while, IMO; I follow similar rules in my games (where a paladin IS a frequent occurance). [/QUOTE]

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