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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1398769" data-attributes="member: 2629">I'm not sure about Hyper, but I am sure about why the Sage's 'Advice' upsets me: He got it wrong. He is their 'expert' and he got it wrong. I've played hundreds of hours of D&D since 3.5 came out. The situations that this would effect have only come up a small handful of times. When those situations arose, I can not remember a single time that the roll was cloe enough that this type of thing actually would have made a difference. In other words, in pratical play in the games in which I play, I consider this a very minor issue with which to be concerned.That is not the point. The point is that there are rules for the game to cover things that *may* be important to a game. Once those rules are established, they should be used.The rules in the PHB, though a bit awkward to learn, are simple and easy to use once learned. The Sage didn't bother to learn the rules before making ruling. He based the ruling upon highly suspect illogical assumptions. He appears to have seen a question, cracked his 3.5 PHB, glanced for a few seconds and then made a ruling. As WotC's rules expert, he needs to do more than that before speaking for them. As a LOOSE analogy: Consider the Sage to be something akin to an athlete's agent. He represents an entertainment entity by speaking for them. If an agent went around misquoting his client's contract or making promises for the athlete without checking to make sure the athlete could back up those promises, the agent would be fired. I don't expect perfection from the Sage. I do expect professionalism. He speaks in an official capacity for WotC - a business. If he can't do the job correctly, he shouldn't be doing it.</blockquote>

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