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The INA thread is like Happy Days in that respect.Dinkeldog said:Just out of curiosity, this is what, the 5th thread to come out of whether or not monks can take INA?![]()

The INA thread is like Happy Days in that respect.Dinkeldog said:Just out of curiosity, this is what, the 5th thread to come out of whether or not monks can take INA?![]()
You keep saying this like it is a fact. It is your interpretation of one line, and a parenthetical line at that.Artoomis said:This is a bit different.
WotC sets it own rules as far as what is official and is NOT bound by convention as far as what the purpose and scope of the FAQ. In their defintion of the FAQ they left the door open to include new rules and/or rule changes.
And if you read the FAQ and see what it says about itself you getDo you have questions about the D&D game rules? Download the official FAQ that best suits your needs. Each FAQ is presented in PDF format so that you can download it, print it, and take it to your game. They feature a date code in the footer so you can always be sure that you have the most current version. (These game rule FAQs do not cover errata found in the errata documents.)
Nowhere, in any of that, does it say it will be acting as errata, nor changing the rules, nor updating the rules, etc. It says if you have questions about *THE RULES* then they will answer them, it does not say they will be changing them.About the FAQ
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RedShirtNo5 said:The real question is, when someone asks for a rule interpretation, how should the community in this forum go about answering?
Man in the Funny Hat said:It does not matter if the response you give to a question is the "official" answer. It does not matter if the official answer actually is contradictory of established rules. It doesn't matter if you simply prefer one interpretation over another. Unless you require a definitive answer for tournament/competitive play "official" answers are meaningless - "official" is what YOU decide it is for YOUR game. In fact, it's probably easier for tournament purposes to simply reiterate what the rules precedence is for that tournament since even "official" responses still get debated as "incorrect" and are sometimes even contradictory.
glass said:I'm sure after our debates the Monk/INA thread you know my position Artoomis, but I'll restate it here for the record:
The FAQ cannot change the rules. It cannot generate new rules. Only the Errata can do that. If the FAQ says somethign that contradicts the books, it is not an erratum for the book, it is a mistake in thje FAQ.
Obviously, I voted 'no'.
glass.
Coredump said:You keep saying this like it is a fact. It is your interpretation of one line, and a parenthetical line at that.
If you actually look at what WoTC says about the FAQ, you get
And if you read the FAQ and see what it says about itself you get
Nowhere, in any of that, does it say it will be acting as errata, nor changing the rules, nor updating the rules, etc. It says if you have questions about *THE RULES* then they will answer them, it does not say they will be changing them.
I still hold that they often *don't know* when they are changing rules, since they so often don't call them out.
babomb said:Do acid and sonic damage apply hardness or ignore it?
If the FAQ is errata, the answer is "yes".
Artoomis said:In reading this I thought that this was, in essence, the same question.
Coredump said:And I read that very differently. Try this
These game rule FAQs cover the rules in the PHB and other WoTC books.
These game rule FAQs do not cover the errata that are found in the errata documents.
IOW, if you have questions about the PHB rules, here are the answers, if you have questions about the errata, there are no answers here.