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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7506640" data-attributes="member: 1465">If the Sage wants to nitpick on the RAW, why not nitpicking even more? Let's add a couple of extra ridiculous nitpicking:The Magic Missile spell description actually says &quot;A dart deals 1d4+1 force damage to its target.&quot; (emphasis mine) So the other darts deal nothing, they're just for show.But let's assume &quot;simultanous&quot; is a synonym with &quot;at the same time&quot;. However, PHB page 196 actually says &quot;If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them&quot; (emphasis NOT mine) So by the RAW the Sage is correct ONLY when you use Magic Missile on multiple targets but NOT when you direct all darts at the same target, in which case the rule doesn't apply and you should roll separately. I understand the attitude of Crawford to always want to protect the RAW at all costs, in order to avoid any chance of having to revise the rules in printed books.What I don't understand is how he doesn't seem to care about the fact that, when four years into the game people are revealed they've been playing all wrong because apparently we're all too stupid to understand the rules, he is actually just giving his own company a bad reputation for either not being able to write clear rules (in the best case, assuming the current RAW is on purpose) or not being able to even write what they mean (in the worst case, assuming his adjudications are an afterthought).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7506640, member: 1465"] If the Sage wants to nitpick on the RAW, why not nitpicking even more? Let's add a couple of extra ridiculous nitpicking: The Magic Missile spell description actually says "[B]A [/B]dart deals 1d4+1 force damage to its target." (emphasis mine) So the [I]other[/I] darts deal nothing, they're just for show. But let's assume "simultanous" is a synonym with "at the same time". However, PHB page 196 actually says "If a spell or other effect deals damage to [B]more than one target[/B] at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them" (emphasis NOT mine) So by the RAW the Sage is correct ONLY when you use Magic Missile on multiple targets but NOT when you direct all darts at the same target, in which case the rule doesn't apply and you should roll separately. I understand the attitude of Crawford to always want to protect the RAW at all costs, in order to avoid any chance of having to revise the rules in printed books. What I don't understand is how he doesn't seem to care about the fact that, when [B]four years[/B] into the game people are revealed they've been playing all wrong because apparently we're all too stupid to understand the rules, he is actually just giving his own company a bad reputation for either not being able to write clear rules (in the best case, assuming the current RAW is on purpose) or not being able to even write what they mean (in the worst case, assuming his adjudications are an afterthought). [/QUOTE]

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