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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runestar" data-source="post: 4379591" data-attributes="member: 72317">I don't mean that you use the "it is ultimately just a houserule, however well you articulate your point" card to dismiss any arguments contrary to your initial stand. How would you handle people who post seemingly for the sake of being contrary? Lets say I ask if my cleric could use sunburst every 5 minutes as a reusable, albeit gradual means of healing my party. I recall one of the replies being that it couldn't be done, since you would not be able to cast it if there were no enemies. Which is not supported by the 4e rules whatsoever. His intention is clear "I don't like it. So I am just going to cook up some inane reason why it wouldn't work, even if the rationale behind it is incorrect!". What is wrong if I simply were to reply with "Hmm... going by the existing rules, it appears that this would indeed work. However, I am not sure if allowing it as is may be a good idea, as it may potentially unbalance the game if 'insert rationale here'. Thus...." instead? I have no qualms about recognizing apparent flaws in the system, as well as proposing fixes I deem appropriate (and acknowledging them as such). At least, I see no shame in admitting that my reply is a houserule, rather than insisting that it is "the way the rules were meant to be", with "common sense and intent" as my only defense.I admit that this is a far cry from the posting culture I am typically accustomed to back at gleemax, where the threads/topics there are more rules-oriented, and replies tend to more black-and-white (in that the replies are usually yes or no). It would appear that I have much to learn in terms of how I approach sensitive issues such as this.Still, thanks for being so patient with me.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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