Powerful mage and game rules, [Topic spllit by Baronius] Options

[Baronius]

I understand what he's saying. I was surprised by it too, the first time I fought him. You're expecting a powerful mage, not a physical powerhouse, and yet none of your fighters can deal any serious damage.

I have never understood this type of approach. Why can't a powerful mage have very powerful "physical" resistances via her powerful magic and knowledge? Should every wizard be protected by 9 golems so no one can reach her? Because without resistances, wizards could be killed very easily, considering their low natural hit points and physical defense.

[Sikret]

Any D&D rule-set gives plenty of freedom to the DM to add his own local rules and exceptions to the rules; it's itself a (meta) rule.

Mistaking "creativity" with "Chaos" is a confusion some people are sometimes committed to.

The last few years of experience have convinced me that at least 95% of people who whine about the rules aren't actually concerned with the rules (nor do they really know much about the rules); they are mostly players with inadequate tactical skills who want to find some other pretext or explanation for their tactical failures during the game (I'm not referring to any one in particular).