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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6769696" data-attributes="member: 22779">Oh, fair enough.&nbsp; Had the base chance been 3% and that was in the rules and known to everyone at the table and I wanted to change the rules, then sure, the DM is more than able to say no.&nbsp; The trick with this sort of conversation is that D&amp;D has a LOT of rules.&nbsp; My point is that sometimes it's not the player being a dick when these issues come up.&nbsp; Alignment is a poster child for this.&nbsp; Ask three people to interpret alignment and you get four different answers.&nbsp; Add in classes with alignment restrictions like a paladin, and this can easily turn into a major logjam despite everyone going into the situation thinking they are on the same page.I mean, I once played a paladin in a 2e game where I flat out told the DM that my concept was far more Batman than Superman.&nbsp; He okay'ed the concept and then we butted heads constantly over alignment.&nbsp; Made the character unplayable eventually.&nbsp; So, even when everyone thinks they are on the same page it's quite plausible that they really aren't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6769696, member: 22779"] Oh, fair enough. Had the base chance been 3% and that was in the rules and known to everyone at the table and I wanted to change the rules, then sure, the DM is more than able to say no. The trick with this sort of conversation is that D&D has a LOT of rules. My point is that sometimes it's not the player being a dick when these issues come up. Alignment is a poster child for this. Ask three people to interpret alignment and you get four different answers. Add in classes with alignment restrictions like a paladin, and this can easily turn into a major logjam despite everyone going into the situation thinking they are on the same page. I mean, I once played a paladin in a 2e game where I flat out told the DM that my concept was far more Batman than Superman. He okay'ed the concept and then we butted heads constantly over alignment. Made the character unplayable eventually. So, even when everyone thinks they are on the same page it's quite plausible that they really aren't. [/QUOTE]

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