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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 6393459" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>In terms of rules debates, it comes down to the following:</p><p></p><p></p><p>RAW: The nice thing about RAW is that it can be concretely debated in most cases. We can go full rules lawyer and determine what the rules say. I think there is always value in that, though its not the end of the story.</p><p></p><p>RAI: I agree with others that say the "I" can be very hard to define....and to me that is not the point. The point is to say "we are generally seeing 2 primary interpretations of this rule...what is the impact to the game for each one?"</p><p></p><p>In other words, I don't care which way is "right", I only care if either way is "broken".</p><p></p><p>I will use a current forum debate as an example: Magic Missile having a "hit" clause that allows it to interact with other abilities (such as the assassin's autocrit ability). The RAW is still being worked through, the RAI debate...is heavily debated. To me, its more important to say "if you treat MM as having a hit clause, then the following class features can do XYZ with MM". Then you lay out XYZ, and let the community decide if those abilities would be "broken". If neither interpretation heavily influences the game...then the debate is fairly pointless for most people.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So for me, RAI is less "Rules as Intended" and more "Rules as Impactful"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 6393459, member: 5889"] In terms of rules debates, it comes down to the following: RAW: The nice thing about RAW is that it can be concretely debated in most cases. We can go full rules lawyer and determine what the rules say. I think there is always value in that, though its not the end of the story. RAI: I agree with others that say the "I" can be very hard to define....and to me that is not the point. The point is to say "we are generally seeing 2 primary interpretations of this rule...what is the impact to the game for each one?" In other words, I don't care which way is "right", I only care if either way is "broken". I will use a current forum debate as an example: Magic Missile having a "hit" clause that allows it to interact with other abilities (such as the assassin's autocrit ability). The RAW is still being worked through, the RAI debate...is heavily debated. To me, its more important to say "if you treat MM as having a hit clause, then the following class features can do XYZ with MM". Then you lay out XYZ, and let the community decide if those abilities would be "broken". If neither interpretation heavily influences the game...then the debate is fairly pointless for most people. So for me, RAI is less "Rules as Intended" and more "Rules as Impactful" [/QUOTE]
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