Cedric
First Post
Legildur said:I actually asked specifically about the PHB, but I take your point on the DMG (although magical item pricing doesn't follow hard and fast rules - there are numerous examples of the pricing issue).
My only point is that for those who wish to hang their hat on the FAQ as the final word on everything, is that you can't do so reliably. It contains errors and it is written by different people than those that wrote the original core rules (so you can't discern or claim original intent).
If Kem wants to take everything written by WotC as gospel, then that's fine by me, just don't use the FAQ as a source of justification given the problems it has had over the years.
The FAQ is an official document, labelled as such by the publisher. It is complete with all of the necessary revision information, publishing info and legalize to establish its legitimacy.
Just because you find an error or errors in the document, you cannot disregard the official nature of the document because "you don't like it." If you feel something needs to be changed in the FAQ, there is a feedback process for that as well.
If WotC had intended for the document to not be "official"...they wouldn't have labelled it as such.
For those who want to cite other examples in comparison, like consider the FAQ to be akin to Harvard Law Review...I think of it more like ISO-9000. There is a strict protocol to define what makes a document official. In following that protocol to the letter, there is no doubt (in my mind) that WotC intends the "official" FAQ to actually be official.