Asisreo
Patron Badass
Sage Advice has, in my opinion, done more harm than good. I don't think its necessarily Crawford's fault, though the books absolutely could have been written much better and clearly.
Its probably because its been popularized. People are really really intent on being able to prove their interpretations right and a source from the divine creator is almost unarguable when they themselves say "What I say is official help."
Some people ask Crawford loaded questions to get the answer they want to throw at their fellow player's face. Some people took a tweet out of context and made it a law that no one dares argue. Heck, if things are even alluded to be the case by Mike Mearls or Jeremy Crawford 7 years ago (has it been that long?) then its unquestionable fact.
It leads to what I consider to be a newer wave of toxicity in the TTRPG format. Its almost like people were told they couldn't be sexist/racist but they still needed to be hateful and validate themselves at the expense of others.
Its probably because its been popularized. People are really really intent on being able to prove their interpretations right and a source from the divine creator is almost unarguable when they themselves say "What I say is official help."
Some people ask Crawford loaded questions to get the answer they want to throw at their fellow player's face. Some people took a tweet out of context and made it a law that no one dares argue. Heck, if things are even alluded to be the case by Mike Mearls or Jeremy Crawford 7 years ago (has it been that long?) then its unquestionable fact.
It leads to what I consider to be a newer wave of toxicity in the TTRPG format. Its almost like people were told they couldn't be sexist/racist but they still needed to be hateful and validate themselves at the expense of others.