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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 6394153" data-attributes="member: 40166"><p>Because cases where there is no DM-player disagreement aren't interesting. Same reason "man bites dog" is news, but "man pets dog" isn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it's distracting to bring up bad faith in a question of RAW versus common sense. Most players arguing in bad faith are just as happy to argue that the weights in the PHB are wrong and that that beggar could not have carried his sword off if needs be.</p><p></p><p>If arguing RAW, if the DM disagrees with me, at least the DM probably had no reason to know that I might have a different interpretation. If arguing common sense, the DM had no reason to expect that I could anticipate what their ruling would be. A DM who audited character sheets and looked ahead of time to tell me what isn't RAW would be less of a problem, but most 3.5/Pathfinder DMs I've played with don't have the time to know everyone's character like that. 5e should be easier to do that, but it's still work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 6394153, member: 40166"] Because cases where there is no DM-player disagreement aren't interesting. Same reason "man bites dog" is news, but "man pets dog" isn't. I think it's distracting to bring up bad faith in a question of RAW versus common sense. Most players arguing in bad faith are just as happy to argue that the weights in the PHB are wrong and that that beggar could not have carried his sword off if needs be. If arguing RAW, if the DM disagrees with me, at least the DM probably had no reason to know that I might have a different interpretation. If arguing common sense, the DM had no reason to expect that I could anticipate what their ruling would be. A DM who audited character sheets and looked ahead of time to tell me what isn't RAW would be less of a problem, but most 3.5/Pathfinder DMs I've played with don't have the time to know everyone's character like that. 5e should be easier to do that, but it's still work. [/QUOTE]
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