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You can certainly try

2022-03-30T20:04:38Z

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'''"You can certainly try"''' is a phrase often used by Dungeon Masters, especially [[Matt Mercer]], to indicate that, while there is nothing in the rules preventing a player from attempting a given course of action, that player doesn't necessarily have any chance of success, and the consequences of trying could be very, very bad. Another phrase a GM might use to warn players is "Are you sure?"

Alternately, can be used to refer to any character build that's very poorly supported, such as adapting an NPC monster with a Level Adjustment for use as a player character race in Dungeons & Dragons 3e.

==Examples of "You can certainly try"==
* Bringing a sword to a gunfight.
* Bringing a 1d10-damage Renaissance pistol to a +3 Flame Tongue swordfight.
* Trying to shoot the Evil-[[Superman]]-Clone with your handgun.
* Playing any kind of Dragon or half-Dragon in pre-4e D&D. ([[Dragonborn]] seem to have filled this niche nicely.)
* Playing a monster in a setting [[World of Darkness|not set up for it]].
* Playing a low-combat-utility [[Skill Monkey | Face]] in a [[Dungeon crawling | hack & slash]] campaign.
* [[Dune|Using a lasgun on a defensive shield]].
* Rolling to seduce the [[Illithid]].
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You can certainly try

2022-03-30T20:03:11Z

2600:100B:B120:6D10:3C67:EDCF:88B6:50B: /* Examples of "You can certainly try" */

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'''"You can certainly try"''' is a phrase often used by Dungeon Masters, especially [[Matt Mercer]], to indicate that, while there is nothing in the rules preventing a player from attempting a given course of action, that player doesn't necessarily have any chance of success, and the consequences of trying could be very, very bad. Another phrase a GM might use to warn players is "Are you sure?"

Alternately, can be used to refer to any character build that's very poorly supported, such as adapting an NPC monster with a Level Adjustment for use as a player character race in Dungeons & Dragons 3e.

==Examples of "You can certainly try"==
* Bringing a sword to a gunfight.
* Bringing a 1d10 Renaissance pistol to a +3 Flame Tongue swordfight.
* Trying to shoot the Evil-[[Superman]]-Clone with your handgun.
* Playing any kind of Dragon or half-Dragon in pre-4e D&D. ([[Dragonborn]] seem to have filled this niche nicely.)
* Playing a monster in a setting [[World of Darkness|not set up for it]].
* Playing a low-combat-utility [[Skill Monkey | Face]] in a [[Dungeon crawling | hack & slash]] campaign.
* [[Dune|Using a lasgun on a defensive shield]].
* Rolling to seduce the [[Illithid]].
[[Category:Gamer Slang]]