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I don't think that kind of fudging makes for good DND. You could maybe remind the players that wizards cast spells earlier in the scene. But if you want something like that play a different system, or add a consistent house rule that's written down. Some games let you interrupt spell casters.
Huge anti-fan of ad hoc stuff in otherwise rules driven games.
It’s not fudging, it’s setting expectations and following through so everyone can have a fun time. If you act one way for months and then suddenly start blaming them for a TPK because “the system doesn’t have a mechanic for interrupting spellcasters” then you’re just a massive piece of garbage and should write a book because being a DM just ain’t it. People get very invested in their characters and ending it all over that is such a fucking awful thing to do. Frankly, the entire idea that it’s fun to be an evil DM needs to die because too many mouth-breathers forget that being a DM comes with certain responsibilities.
Anyway, we know that a DM or a system or whatever has not planned for every single possible event and cannot just immediately drum up highly complex interactions with the world in ways where every single person can be guaranteed to have understood precisely the same thing from a spoken description. We can’t all pick up on the fact that this dude’s a fire-bug from the fact that he cast a few standard-issue firebolts, and the mage blowing himself up over this is pretty fucking extreme behaviour.
“Play a different system” go fuck yourself, actually.
You're a presumptuous and unpleasant little person, aren't you?
Widely regarded as extremely pleasant, just not very tolerant of the immensely stupid these days. Just because you don’t have any kind of legitmate comeback doesn’t make your embarrassment my responsibility.
Considering how you are behaving here I find it extremely unlikely that you are widely regarded as pleasant. Really. Go read your post again, where you escalated all the way to "go fuck yourself".
Furthermore, your post is foolish.
First, an ad hoc change of rules to benefit the players is fudging. You should talk about it with your table because groups are different, but many people feel strongly about it.
Second of all, in my post I suggested that if players like being able to interrupt big spells, they could either add a house rule to cover that, or change to a system that does it out of the box. And you're blowing up over that?
Third of all, not every table is the same. Some tables would enjoy the wreckage of "wow we really shouldn't have bunched up like that. Well, I think I'm going to roll a rogue next because evasion sounds nice".
Your post is garbage. You're mad at some imaginary "evil GM" story in your head.
Look, I have explained myself clearly already and it was obvious that you lacked the ability or desire to understand back when you snidely told me that maybe I should go find another system.
I cannot say a single thing that will work for you because your energy is just being contrarian so that you can hear the sound of your own voice. Pathetic.
You spent days coming up with that reply?
And you take offense at "If you want to do X, maybe look for a system that does it out of the box"? You're ignoring the "add a house rule" option, too. Did someone hurt you by telling you to play another system, and this is trauma shutting down your brain?
You're a mess.
You ignored the house rule option by being a baby about “ad-hoc rules”. And I’m the mess lol
Yes. You are a mess. An embarrassment, even. The only one being a baby here is you.
Furthermore, a house rule is not the same as an ad-hoc on-the-spot ruling that may or may not be repeated later.
All I said was that the DM should understand how setting expectations works, chief. And yea, to account for a change in expectations they may need to do something mildly creative. That’s not a rule and it doesn’t need to be anything special.
Big yikes.
You also said to go fuck yourself over the idea that if you want rules for something, you could play a system that does that out of the box. You also called people massive pieces of garbage. So "all I said" is some bullshit.
You're so mad over some imaginary scenario and that other tables play differently.