ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to ttrpg@hexbear.netEnglish · 30 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 scratchhexbear.netimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up150arrow-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 · 30 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-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-up15·30 days agoHmmm, I can’t seem to find this so-called “rule of cool” in the official rulebook
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 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.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIt’s a close relative of the “I don’t feel like looking the relevant rule up, so let’s go with the spirit of the law” that shows up in 3.5 and in GURPS.
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.
It’s a close relative of the “I don’t feel like looking the relevant rule up, so let’s go with the spirit of the law” that shows up in 3.5 and in GURPS.