The Sage on Arcane Archers

[Arravis]

I'm arguing both sides cause I'm trying to guess some of the counter-arguements other people in my group might make. Anyway, if it does do a form of scrying, would Mind Blank then protect you from it? If so, why isn't this mentioned in the description.

 

[Caliban]

I'm arguing both sides cause I'm trying to guess some of the counter-arguements other people in my group might make. Anyway, if it does do a form of scrying, would Mind Blank then protect you from it? If so, why isn't this mentioned in the description.

Because the authors are human and don't think of everything. All three core rule books have plenty of omissions or unclearly worded sections.

Occasionally you have to think for yourself a little bit and make a logical extension of the existing rules for the areas they don't cover or leave out.

 

[Arravis]

Thinking for yourself is for the House Rules forum

I do agree that the authors are human and make mistakes, that's not the issue... but when those mistakes are made, the "obvious" solutions aren't necessarily obvious. Two different people will see two different "obvious" solutions. That's the issue I'm having in this situation. So since there isn't enough written in the DMG on this issue to sway the answer one way or another, I'm trying to find what was the intended answer by the writers.

 

[Anubis]

What Caliban said.

 

[kreynolds]

Not exactly.

I said "a lot", not all.

 

[kreynolds]

I never should have posted that damn image.

 

[da chicken]

Thinking for yourself is for the House Rules forum

Uh, ok: NO.

This is not Magic: The Gathering. D&D is necessarily ambiguous because the authors cannot forsee every nuance of every game. The game is purposefully designed to have a referee present. M:TG isn't. There are also a large number of other factors requiring M:TG to be explicitly defined, not the least of which is the Pro Tour.

For D&D, the core rule books even tell you everything in them is a guideline and not a rule.

I do agree that the authors are human and make mistakes, that's not the issue... but when those mistakes are made, the "obvious" solutions aren't necessarily obvious. Two different people will see two different "obvious" solutions. That's the issue I'm having in this situation. So since there isn't enough written in the DMG on this issue to sway the answer one way or another, I'm trying to find what was the intended answer by the writers.

Consistency is not important between campaigns. A good DM will do what is most correct for his game. This isn't a hard concept, and you are the only one who has a problem with it. You have more than enough information to make a decision on how you want it to work. You keep asking "why? why? why?" when the answer is "because my DM says so."

 

[James McMurray]

Not all game groups go under the assumption that whatever the DM says always goes. In fact, many groups are more of a democracy and choose to discuss amongst themselves how things seem to work, how they may have been intended to work, and how they will work for that campaign.

 

[da chicken]

Not all game groups go under the assumption that whatever the DM says always goes. In fact, many groups are more of a democracy and choose to discuss amongst themselves how things seem to work, how they may have been intended to work, and how they will work for that campaign.

That still doesn't invalidate my point that this guy can't get an answer to his question here due to the basic design behind D&D. He has more than enough information to make a decision, including relevant opinions of several posters and the Sage.

 

[Arravis]

First, guys, please try to keep the tone of your posts as non-insulting and as mature as possible.

Our group has two main DM's, and I'm one of them. The two of us have agreed to follow the d20 D&D rules exactly as written as much as possible to avoid conflicts. And before anyone says that two DM's doesn't work... our game has been going on for two years now and it's been great and everyone has had fun. Anyway, since we try to go by what the book says and make as few house rules and "opinions" rules as possible. That's why we're trying to find out exactly what the author's intended, cause right now the other DM and I disagree on what is the obvious answer.