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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7933029" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>So, this position can lead to somewhat counter-intuitive results - specifically, that if you have two different texts expressing the exact same mechanics in different ways, you have two different systems. This happens these days when you have games with SRDs. To say that the Fate Core rulebook and the Fate Core SRD are <em>different systems</em> is not clearly correct.</p><p></p><p>The community already has concepts for Rules as Written and Rules as Intended. I think those are highly relevant to the discussion. The rules as written were sometimes awkward, and I can see an argument that the text as an issue helping you find the way to resolve the social issue. The Rules as Intended - say, if you restated the same process steps with clarity - have precious little difficulty with either proposition.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Usual" is not a constant in time. At the time it was <em>defined</em> by D&D and AD&D - there was no other notable presence in the market. And I am not convinced that somehow the text for D&D played a notably larger role (or was really that much more coherent) than for AD&D. I'll agree that today, we typically pay more attention to the text than we did back in the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7933029, member: 177"] So, this position can lead to somewhat counter-intuitive results - specifically, that if you have two different texts expressing the exact same mechanics in different ways, you have two different systems. This happens these days when you have games with SRDs. To say that the Fate Core rulebook and the Fate Core SRD are [I]different systems[/I] is not clearly correct. The community already has concepts for Rules as Written and Rules as Intended. I think those are highly relevant to the discussion. The rules as written were sometimes awkward, and I can see an argument that the text as an issue helping you find the way to resolve the social issue. The Rules as Intended - say, if you restated the same process steps with clarity - have precious little difficulty with either proposition. "Usual" is not a constant in time. At the time it was [I]defined[/I] by D&D and AD&D - there was no other notable presence in the market. And I am not convinced that somehow the text for D&D played a notably larger role (or was really that much more coherent) than for AD&D. I'll agree that today, we typically pay more attention to the text than we did back in the day. [/QUOTE]
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