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<blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3568875" data-attributes="member: 27034"><p>I study the FAQ quite a lot, and I've been trying to make a list. However, the majority of the "mistakes" people mention are actually just disagreements of opinion about a ruling (and so are subject to debate/interpretation), and/or are strawmen (i.e. statements that weren't actually made). Many of the genuine, provable errors are often corrected after someone writes in to point it out. Given the readership of the FAQ, you inevitably have both a lot of proofreaders and a lot of critics that are unhappy with any given ruling.</p><p></p><p>Some uncorrected issues I still see in the FAQ:</p><p>1) Two answers on monks using gauntlets still seem to contradict each other (however, a third, more conflicting answer on this was recently removed).</p><p>2) There seems to be a (minor) pricing oddity on arrows in one answer.</p><p>3) The price for mithral barding in an answer appears to be off by 150 gp (slight math issue)</p><p></p><p>If anyone has some other valid ones (i.e. not subject to debate and interpretation), I'd like to add them to this list.</p><p></p><p>The Sage is not perfect (nor should anyone have that expectation), but neither are the core rules. The FAQ is certainly reliable enough to resolve disputes and provide clarification (which is it's purpose).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mvincent, post: 3568875, member: 27034"] I study the FAQ quite a lot, and I've been trying to make a list. However, the majority of the "mistakes" people mention are actually just disagreements of opinion about a ruling (and so are subject to debate/interpretation), and/or are strawmen (i.e. statements that weren't actually made). Many of the genuine, provable errors are often corrected after someone writes in to point it out. Given the readership of the FAQ, you inevitably have both a lot of proofreaders and a lot of critics that are unhappy with any given ruling. Some uncorrected issues I still see in the FAQ: 1) Two answers on monks using gauntlets still seem to contradict each other (however, a third, more conflicting answer on this was recently removed). 2) There seems to be a (minor) pricing oddity on arrows in one answer. 3) The price for mithral barding in an answer appears to be off by 150 gp (slight math issue) If anyone has some other valid ones (i.e. not subject to debate and interpretation), I'd like to add them to this list. The Sage is not perfect (nor should anyone have that expectation), but neither are the core rules. The FAQ is certainly reliable enough to resolve disputes and provide clarification (which is it's purpose). [/QUOTE]
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