I've recently finished drumming up my thoughts on the D&D 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide, one of the biggest places where the system had room to improve—and they've done a decent enough job with what they have.
One entry did, however, make me laugh out loud: «Players Exploiting the Rules.» Now, don't get me wrong. Everything in the entry itself is wise advice.
TTRPGs are, broadly-speaking, less about their rules and more about everyone having fun—the kind of loophole-driven exploits and broken builds you see floating to the top of forums are only ever interesting thought exercises, and they can (and should) be struck down in actual play unless the table is really into it.
But this entry quite specifically and harshly calls out a few infamous examples of player shenanigans, some of which my fellow PC Gamer writer and TTRPG enthusiast Robin Valentine actually showcased in this ridiculously broken builds list.
Namely, the infamous peasant railgun and the vaunted «just have a bag of rats on you» tactic. For context, the peasant railgun abuses the «ready» action to pass a spear down the hands of a thousand peasants, making it travel at an absurd speed in one round, six seconds.