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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1325917" data-attributes="member: 2629">I'll let you look in the dictionary for the word majority, but as for how many bad rulings has he made? A LOT. I 'm not going to even try counting them for you. Some of them directly contradict the rules in the book. Some only violate inferences in the core books. Most of them get discussed on various boards. If you want to see them, do a few searches.Skip is a creative guy. He has a lot of positive attributes. Unfortunately, rule management and research are not amongst his strengths ... and two of the most important aspects of giving advice (along with the ability to be blear and concise).As mentioned earlier in this thread, WotC has (fairly recently) stated that his words have authority. Further, they print his advice in their FAQs on their site. He has authority.Help that does more damage than good is not really help. One bad 'official' ruling can cause more negative issues than the number of positive issues that arise out of a score of good rulings. I've seen countles arguments surrounding bad Sage rulings on various boards. I've also seen many issues resolved by quoting good sage advice as well. Does his positive input exceed the value of his negative impact? That is not a clear yes ... and it should be if he is doing his 'job' correctly.Not all criticism is knee-jerk bashing. Simply put, his level of performance is beneath a level that many people expect. He puts out a few pieces of advice in each issue of dragon. Those pieces of advice should be planned, checked and double checked to make sure they are in line with the rules. Do I expect them to be perfect? No. Do I expect them to be better than they have been? Yes.I've seen a large sample of work that Skip has contributed to over the many years that he has been involved with D&D. Some of the stuff he has been involved in has been brilliant. I can think of more than a few things where I would turn to him for creative advice if I could. Unfortunately, his most well known service - Sage advice - calls upon skills that are not amongst his strength.</blockquote>

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