Snarling Wolf Stance = negates melee attacks for an encounter?

[Aulirophile]

My question to you is 'does it make the game work better?'

That's the only sensible metric, no? Unless the goal is to create a rule set which works badly. In which case, we should be playing Synnibar.

How about "Makes the game fun?"

But no, that isn't my concern. Both of those are metrics are based on an opinion which is going to vary from group to group and person to person. This thread was a rules question. The question got answered a long time ago (in the first response, correctly, be me). My continued participation is solely a result of people trying to insert text that isn't there, make up rules that don't exist, and argue with the RAW of the power because they think it is too powerful.

If people want to house-rule it to work differently, there is a house-rules forum. Those people should take their discussion there, rather then adding to the confusion surrounding the power.

 

[Samir]

How about "Makes the game fun?"

But no, that isn't my concern. Both of those are metrics are based on an opinion which is going to vary from group to group and person to person. This thread was a rules question. The question got answered a long time ago (in the first response, correctly, be me). My continued participation is solely a result of people trying to insert text that isn't there, make up rules that don't exist, and argue with the RAW of the power because they think it is too powerful.

If people want to house-rule it to work differently, there is a house-rules forum. Those people should take their discussion there, rather then adding to the confusion surrounding the power.

You are backing your opinion--it is, after all, your opinion--solely on a CS response that holds zero weight in an LFR game. Until there is a FAQ response or errata, there is no official clarification on RAW.

Sorry, but if it doesn't work that way in LFR, it's not RAW. Your interpretation of the rules is merely your interpretation of RAI. If you would like to debate this on a rule-by-rule level, rather than screaming "CS AGREES WITH ME THEREFORE I AM RIGHT" at the top of your lungs, I'm more than willing to discuss this with you. If you are not, then go right ahead running your houserule in your campaign. Nobody's going to stop you.

 

[Aulirophile]

You are backing your opinion--it is, after all, your opinion--solely on a CS response that holds zero weight in an LFR game. Until there is a FAQ response or errata, there is no official clarification on RAW.

Sorry, but if it doesn't work that way in LFR, it's not RAW. Your interpretation of the rules is merely your interpretation of RAI. If you would like to debate this on a rule-by-rule level, rather than screaming "CS AGREES WITH ME THEREFORE I AM RIGHT" at the top of your lungs, I'm more than willing to discuss this with you. If you are not, then go right ahead running your houserule in your campaign. Nobody's going to stop you.

Um.... as an LFR DM for more then a year, you are wrong. If someone brings a CS answer the DM is supposed to abide by CS's ruling. Because for the purposes of LFR, CS is RAW.

 

[Piratecat]

Well, this thread is full of folks being generally jerky. I'll PM people individually, but a few quick notes:

1. We really, really hate it when someone says "My way is right! You're playing a house rule! Go talk about it in the house rule forum!" Don't do that.

2. If you're at the point when you're calling someone a liar, it's time to leave the thread.

Thread closed. If you'd like to discuss this in a week or so without shouting at each other, feel free to start a new thread then.