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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3223317" data-attributes="member: 19675">Do you have proof?For all you know, a bad FAQ answer could be written by a core game designer who was having a bad day, and a good FAQ answer could be written by someone with ZERO RPG experience who just reads very well.Part of the problem, IMHO, is that the process is opaque to us, the end users.  99% of us don't know if the people answering the FAQ or working CustServ are experienced gamers or $7/hr temps.  There is no way we can examine the methods, scrutinize or participate in deliberation as to the rules questions.  We don't know if a FAQ or CustServ answer is counter to someone's position or RAW because there was a misunderstanding (and if so, by whom), a typo, bad editing, or a change in the philosophy at WotC.  There is nothing resembling a signed decision from  a judge that we know has been or will be reviewed by other similarly skilled persons.In another thread, I posted a CustServ response to a question as to how 2 game terms were related- were they identical, similar, or what.  The response was simply that WotC uses the terms interchangeably.  That answer doesn't tell us, however, if they were being used interchangeably when the PHB went to print or if this is a change of design concept (IOW, some kind of changed understanding & ruling on the terms).And there is no way to find out which is the case. As do I, FWIW.</blockquote>