5E Dmg Limited Edition Crack The DMG

5E Dmg Limited Edition Crack The DMG

I might crack the DMG open once every couple of months, and then its usually just for inspiration.

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I am asking this because while the PHB is largely used by the players, and any DMs variation or house rule on something in the PHB is normally communicated to the group, I dont think the players normally read the DMG (and a few threads this year also indicated that besides magic items, planar stuff and a few more things, even many DMs dont read or regularly use the DMG) so if a DM ignores something in the DMG it may not even be necessary to inform the group.

Even though I did read the whole DMG, I rarely use it anymore besides magic items (which I often modify to make unique versions but thats another matter).

Because of this, among other things Ive basically settled to using passive perception only for noticing threats i.e.

Stealth check, but nothing else, because thats the only usage of passive perception mentioned in the PHB or Basic rules.

Instead, the DMG also extensively talks about using it to notice anything, but since this means using a passive score vs static DCs, it has the potential to remove randomness completely.

I never use passive scores against fixed DCs so I am effectively treating this DMG section as advice only.

But they remain guidelines and not a mandate to how you must run your sessions.

If I disagree with a rule, Ill clarify my objections to my players, and we decide as a group to houserule it (but I still try to be consistent).

This most often applies to the way certain spells can be used.

I hold the rule of cool in higher regard than the rules in the DMG.

I do not want to give any particular player or class an unfair advantage that the others would not get.

Of course since I play 3rd edition, the rules in the DMG are a lot more detailed and clear than they might be in 5th, since 5th edition leans more towards less rules.

But this can sometimes come at the cost of a lack of clarity when it comes to edge cases.

My players dont care whether Im consistent in rulings from game to game so I make stuff up as we go.

So I use it more as a guidelines except for magical items.

After 5 editions of DD in its various forms the mechanics maybe slighty different theres usually nothing new in it anymore, just the same info with a new coat of paint.

They are both tools for us to make a game we enjoy and have fun playing.

I guess they are not as playtested as PHB rules and more siggestions than anything else.

Besides, the books are too incomplete to be considered anything else IMO.

Regarding Passive Perception: we use it differently and Ill give you an example: If your passive perception is 15, and a goblin rolls a 17 for Hide for an ambush, you have no chance of noticing him unless you tell the DM you are using your action to look for danger (that is, you are actively searching and suspect danger).

Now, if that goblins Hide was only 14, since your passive perception is better you do NOT automatically notice him.

The idea is your PC might be aware of something you, as a player, have no way of knowing.

Honestly, this works great for our groups and I recommend it to anyone who is unhappy with passive scores.