Jeremy Crawford's New Sage Advice Column

Thanks. I hadn't seen it.

 

[Athinar]

"I steal his pants!"

They were making fun of Gamers and Stupid DM's that would allow stealing of pants. But we have to remember that back in the olden days, before Walmart, Pants where made of 2 parts

According to Michael Quinoin at World Wide Words, pants are a pair because, "before the days of modern tailoring, such garments, whether underwear or outerwear, were indeed made in two parts, one for each leg. The pieces were put on each leg separately and then wrapped and tied or belted at the waist (just like cowboys’ chaps). The plural usage persisted out of habit even after the garments had become physically one piece. However, a shirt was a single piece of cloth, so it was always singular."

so the Rogue would have to roll twice to steal the Pair of Pants

 

[Iosue]

Stealing a guy's pants is not too bad for an American group like this one. But it would have been really impressive if this were a British group...

 

[Athinar]

So what happened to the start of this Thread "Jeremy Crawford's New Sage Advice Column"
RAW, etc...

 

[Athinar]

I see that the Sage Advice website is not an official Wizard website.

 

[Paraxis]

I see that the Sage Advice website is not an official Wizard website.

Correct, it is just a very nice collection of Tweets from Crawford and Mearls, you could just follow them on Twitter, but the site makes it searchable and much nicer in my opinion. None of that changes the fact that they are responses to rules questions by those responsible for the design of the game and future errata documents.

 

[PnPgamer]

They were making fun of Gamers and Stupid DM's that would allow stealing of pants. But we have to remember that back in the olden days, before Walmart, Pants where made of 2 parts

According to Michael Quinoin at World Wide Words, pants are a pair because, "before the days of modern tailoring, such garments, whether underwear or outerwear, were indeed made in two parts, one for each leg. The pieces were put on each leg separately and then wrapped and tied or belted at the waist (just like cowboys’ chaps). The plural usage persisted out of habit even after the garments had become physically one piece. However, a shirt was a single piece of cloth, so it was always singular."

so the Rogue would have to roll twice to steal the Pair of Pants

Cheek chaps?