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<blockquote data-quote="nswanson27" data-source="post: 7354275" data-attributes="member: 6797553">Personally, I think as far as &quot;how you rule on X&quot;, it's worthwhile on an internet forum to simply state what you do and any reasons why you like it (e.g. it makes players stay on their toes, it makes X less boring, etc..). Beyond that, I really it's just a waste of time.If you want to get into the semantics of what the rules say, that's fine, but please keep those trains of thought separate from your rulings as a DM. Otherwise, you end up confusing people about what you're talking about, and what your goal is.And for the record, there is RAW, RAI, and a houserule (yes, there is RAF, but that's more anecdotal). The reasoning for a given ruling is in exactly one of those 3 categories. If you care about RAW/RAI (and especially RAI), then you should be prepared for people to call you wrong, defend yourself (and your authority as DM doesn't matter here), and expect sage advice to be the final say in the matter. Endless arguing, but refusing to expose your position to be shown wrong (as far as RAI is concerned) is just clutters up the forum pages with needless bloat, and I honestly don't think convinces anyone of anything - except that you don't like to be wrong.If it's just a houserule, then just call it a houserule. Simple. Don't try to play it off as something more objective than that (as that just lands into what I wrote above). Nothing wrong with houseruling.Just remember, the internet forum isn't your D&amp;D table, and people here can disagree with you all they want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nswanson27, post: 7354275, member: 6797553"] Personally, I think as far as "how you rule on X", it's worthwhile on an internet forum to simply state what you do and any reasons why you like it (e.g. it makes players stay on their toes, it makes X less boring, etc..). Beyond that, I really it's just a waste of time. If you want to get into the semantics of what the rules say, that's fine, but please keep those trains of thought separate from your rulings as a DM. Otherwise, you end up confusing people about what you're talking about, and what your goal is. And for the record, there is RAW, RAI, and a houserule (yes, there is RAF, but that's more anecdotal). The reasoning for a given ruling is in exactly one of those 3 categories. If you care about RAW/RAI (and especially RAI), then you should be prepared for people to call you wrong, defend yourself (and your authority as DM doesn't matter here), and expect sage advice to be the final say in the matter. Endless arguing, but refusing to expose your position to be shown wrong (as far as RAI is concerned) is just clutters up the forum pages with needless bloat, and I honestly don't think convinces anyone of anything - except that you don't like to be wrong. If it's just a houserule, then just call it a houserule. Simple. Don't try to play it off as something more objective than that (as that just lands into what I wrote above). Nothing wrong with houseruling. Just remember, the internet forum isn't your D&D table, and people here can disagree with you all they want. [/QUOTE]

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