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Dungeons and Dragons - Memes and Comics

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A community for Dungeons and Dragons Memes and Comics

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"Title" - [Comic Name]

e.g. "Krak of Dawn" - [Swords Comic]

*Does not apply to memes

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The rules as written, tell you not to follow the rules as written. Play the way everyone at your table wants to play. The basic rules are a guide for if you can't make up anything you like better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The rules as written, tell you not to follow the rules as written.

So... We should follow the rules as written?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

BG3 handled it by saying what the hell, let the players have their crit success on a skill check.

And that is the greatest example I can think of where a dm follows the rules intimately and methodically but still welcomes the house rule of cool.