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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 855001" data-attributes="member: 1656">Yup.  And now you know what and where the SRD is, and when you don't have your books handy, you can get your answer instantly instead of having to wait for someone to respond to a message.I don't see the Rules Forum as just a place where rules questions are answered - it's a place where people learn to understand the rules better.If someone you work with asks you, every day, what the date is... you can tell him, every day.  Or you can tell him, and then point out the little button on the side of his digital watch that shows him the date.How can teaching people to be independent be a bad thing?  The Rules Forum is still here for the thorny ones.  And the simple ones will still be answered.  But when someone asks the forum something like "What's the threat range of a longsword?", we can help them more by showing them where they can find the answers to all the simple questions, whenever they like.They get their answer... but they also get the first push towards taking off the training wheels and riding by themselves.-Hyp.</blockquote>