ProfessorOwl_PhD [any] to ttrpg • 14 days agoWhen you finish a difficult combat but the rules lawyer points out a mistake you made in the first round so you call a do over and restart the fight from scratchimagemessage-square11 fedilinkarrow-up148file-text
arrow-up148imageWhen you finish a difficult combat but the rules lawyer points out a mistake you made in the first round so you call a do over and restart the fight from scratchProfessorOwl_PhD [any] to ttrpg • 14 days agomessage-square11 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Did the mistake change anything about the outcome of the fight? No, but telling the players that would be metagaming
minus-squareDyno [he/him]hexbear12·14 days agoHmmm, I can't seem to find this so-called "rule of cool" in the official rulebook link
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]hexagonhexbear6·14 days agoRule of cool is just a bandaid for systems that aren't fit for the group's purposes. That's why it rarely shows up outside of D&D. link
Hmmm, I can't seem to find this so-called "rule of cool" in the official rulebook
Rule of cool is just a bandaid for systems that aren't fit for the group's purposes. That's why it rarely shows up outside of D&D.