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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4418437" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>I only just realized my post was moved here - thanks for pointing that out, Hypersmurf!</p><p></p><p>The thing that I found annoying is that I've always been thinking the Rules forum was the place to go if you had a question about how to interpret the rules; i.e. the place to go if you were looking for advice.</p><p></p><p>It's been stated that looking at RAW was useful to establish a baseline for deciding on how to judge a given situation. My problem is that people tend to stop at that point, regardless if taking RAW literally makes any sense or not. You'll see things like 'It's perfectly clear by RAW, so what's the problem?'.</p><p>Take the example that was being discussed in the thread:</p><p>According to RAW it's not possible for an enemy to fall into a pit occupied by an ally.</p><p></p><p>Would any DM ever actually consider using that ruling in his/her game? I doubt it.</p><p></p><p>It's been pointed out that the answer to the question I'm looking for, i.e. a rule that I can actually use in my game would have to be asked in the house-rule forum.</p><p></p><p>I.e. it seems the intended approach would be to first ask my question in the 'Rules' forum to get an answer based on RAW that I'll never be able to use and then repost the question (maybe with the additional information about the RAW interpretation) in the 'House Rules' forum.</p><p>This strikes me as overly complicated and counter to the purpose of the 'Rules' forum.</p><p></p><p>Am I the only one to think so? Are people really satisified after being given the RAW interpretation? Or should I maybe just ignore the Rules forum and go straight to the House-Rules forum?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 4418437, member: 46713"] I only just realized my post was moved here - thanks for pointing that out, Hypersmurf! The thing that I found annoying is that I've always been thinking the Rules forum was the place to go if you had a question about how to interpret the rules; i.e. the place to go if you were looking for advice. It's been stated that looking at RAW was useful to establish a baseline for deciding on how to judge a given situation. My problem is that people tend to stop at that point, regardless if taking RAW literally makes any sense or not. You'll see things like 'It's perfectly clear by RAW, so what's the problem?'. Take the example that was being discussed in the thread: According to RAW it's not possible for an enemy to fall into a pit occupied by an ally. Would any DM ever actually consider using that ruling in his/her game? I doubt it. It's been pointed out that the answer to the question I'm looking for, i.e. a rule that I can actually use in my game would have to be asked in the house-rule forum. I.e. it seems the intended approach would be to first ask my question in the 'Rules' forum to get an answer based on RAW that I'll never be able to use and then repost the question (maybe with the additional information about the RAW interpretation) in the 'House Rules' forum. This strikes me as overly complicated and counter to the purpose of the 'Rules' forum. Am I the only one to think so? Are people really satisified after being given the RAW interpretation? Or should I maybe just ignore the Rules forum and go straight to the House-Rules forum? [/QUOTE]
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