ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to ttrpg@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years 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 scratchhexbear.netimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageWhen 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 scratchhexbear.netProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to ttrpg@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-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]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoHmmm, I can’t seem to find this so-called “rule of cool” in the official rulebook
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years 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.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agodeleted by creator
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.
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