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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 3223066" data-attributes="member: 40176">The major problem with the FAQ as it currently exists is that it doesn't have a single, coherent way of tackling rules questions.Some of the answers are mere clarifications of what the rules actually say, regardless of whether that matches up to either common sense or design intent.Others combine this approach with providing alternative suggestions as to how a DM might prefer to house-rule a rules oddity into something more sensible.And other answers are clarifications of genuinely muddy issues.The problems start arising in the interactions between these different formats. The presence of the suggested workarounds in some answers highlights their absence from others, making the latter appear to be implicitly approving poor rules structure when in fact they're simply describing it. The suggested houserules aren't always properly flagged as such, and so some FAQ answers end up looking like errata. And the answers that clear up difficult rules interpretations are often more conservative in their take on the rules than some players would like, which makes it seem that the FAQ is laying down arbitrary restrictions.If WotC took the time to lay down some proper guidelines for structuring FAQ answers, then went through the existing FAQ document and made it compliant with those standards, they'd have something that could be a useful tool for players and GMs. As it is, even without the actual errors it's too inconsistent to rely upon.</blockquote>

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