&quot;Mother may I&quot; is not equivalent between systems and it should be very obvious why when the resolution mechanics, expectations, and examples of what's normally available to a character are different between games. &quot;Huh, Grug can't hit this guy, better go for his legs and try to sweep him&quot; has different connotations in each of OSR, 3E, and 4E, and one of them sets an example of punishing you for doing that unless you want to make your entire character about tripping. <|endoftext|> 