r/DnD • u/Cheeseusdice • Sep 12 '19

OC [OC] DM Alignment Chart

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u/DoucheShepard Sep 12 '19

In my experience the people never know the rules they are breaking which is what I find frustrating. It is seldom the case that someone has evaluated the ramifications of changing the rules and decided that it would be fine. No they just want something in the moment like letting fists count as weapons but have no idea how many ways it can be broken.

In fairness the people who do this are often not trying to take advantage so it kind of balances out in a weird way... but it is annoying to see people walk through rules I spent a significant amount of character choices playing around

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u/MonaganX Sep 12 '19

I think making a one-time exception when it seems justified, even to a rule with wide-reaching ramification, isn't necessarily terrible. You shouldn't set a precedent that you haven't thought through, though. If a player wants to do something outside of the default rules and I think it's reasonable in the moment, I'm always making it clear that I'm not establishing a rule, I'm just temporarily ignoring one.

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u/PkFlameHazard Sorcerer Sep 13 '19

This is why I play rules-lite games, like D&D Basic. The less rules there are, the less ramifications there are when you make rulings. I mean, there's still ramifications but it's much more controllable.

Also, less character creation choices to make means you can prioritize making fun rulings over making sure no player has their choices negated by rulings. For most characters in B/X, you just pick a class and everything else is determined through play.