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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.
'''"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.
==Examples of "You can certainly try"==
* Playing a Dragon or any kind of half-Dragon pre-4e D&D.
* Playing a monster in a setting [[World of Darkness|not set up for it]].
* [[Dune|Using a lasgun on a defensive shield]].
[[Category:Gamer slang]]

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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.

Examples of "You can certainly try"