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<blockquote data-quote="Wolffenjugend" data-source="post: 1220963" data-attributes="member: 11069">A quick question about rules and their interpretation.Why do people feel that rules should be interpreted &quot;as they are written&quot; and without regard for what was &quot;meant&quot; by game designers?&nbsp; Many people think of themselves as &quot;rules lawyers&quot; but, in reality, the law is an evolving thing that is not taken literally.&nbsp; It is open to interpretation and the &quot;spirit&quot; of a law is just as important as what is actually written. It is the role of judges to determine answers when others dispute the law.Now, in regards to D&amp;D, I find that many people want to take the rules literally. As a result, the &quot;spirit&quot; of rules is often ignored. Obviously, we can't ask the game designers to clarify everything but they should be the definitive source for answers - not some guy on the web who relies solely on literal interpretations of rules. I would argue that the FAQ and Sage are the closest thing to judges we have and should be the primary authority on rules questions. Of course, a DM can always house rule but I find the ignorance of the &quot;spirit&quot; of the rules by many posters to be somewhat disconcerting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolffenjugend, post: 1220963, member: 11069"] A quick question about rules and their interpretation. Why do people feel that rules should be interpreted "as they are written" and without regard for what was "meant" by game designers? Many people think of themselves as "rules lawyers" but, in reality, the law is an evolving thing that is not taken literally. It is open to interpretation and the "spirit" of a law is just as important as what is actually written. It is the role of judges to determine answers when others dispute the law. Now, in regards to D&D, I find that many people want to take the rules literally. As a result, the "spirit" of rules is often ignored. Obviously, we can't ask the game designers to clarify everything but they should be the definitive source for answers - not some guy on the web who relies solely on literal interpretations of rules. I would argue that the FAQ and Sage are the closest thing to judges we have and should be the primary authority on rules questions. Of course, a DM can always house rule but I find the ignorance of the "spirit" of the rules by many posters to be somewhat disconcerting. [/QUOTE]

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