What do you consider generally unquestionable sources of rules interpretation?

[Babylon Knight]

There, I just voted for Errata.

 

[TheEvil]

But, in any game that I am in the dm is the final arbiter. If I am the dm then my final interpretation stands, if someone else is then theirs stands. If it is a big deal I might try to get them to change their interpretation, but overall it just comes down to what the dm says

Naturally the DM has final say. No game without them, afterall. The poll is more about what individuals consider a good source, not on what rules at the game table.

 

[Scion]

Naturally the DM has final say. No game without them, afterall. The poll is more about what individuals consider a good source, not on what rules at the game table.

Hence the part of my post that you didnt quote and the 'but' at the beginning of the part you did

 

[Liquidsabre]

Core Rulebooks (PHB, DMG, MM) - Errata - FAQ - DM

That's how our game goup usually break things down for rules stuffs. When a rules question comes up we go down this list until we come up with a good answer. WotC splat books (Races, Environmental, Complete series, etc.) hold little officialness with our group ever since Complete Divine came out.

 

[Babylon Knight]

Don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch! (referring to Complete Divine)

 

[IcyCool]

Understand that I am not picking on you, just trying to understand where you are coming from. What differentiates the Errata from the FAQ for you?

Don't worry, I don't feel persecuted.

In the books it states that the only official outside source of rules is errata, or something like that. I don't have my books with me here at work. And seeing how often the FAQ and Sage are wrong, contradict themselves, or contradict each other doesn't make them a very good source of information anyway.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Errata and the WotC Books. Those are the rules. "Rules of the Game" the "FAQ" and "various Wizards employees" aren't the rules. It's pretty simple, really.

I disagree. If WotC is allowing it's employees to comment on the rules in official forums (e.g. on its website), that's tacit approval of what they're saying. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be allowed to make those comments on such official forums and would be relegated to such unofficial forums as EN World or other internet sites.

It's for exactly the same reason that gov'ts won't let their employees comment on something in an official capacity (e.g. by identifying themselves as gov't employees or making comments on gov't websites) unless it approves of what is being said or gives authorization for the people in question to make the statements.

At worst the comments made by WotC employees on/in WotC products are still more "official" than what you read on generic internet sites; at best those comments are in fact official.

None of this means mistakes can't be made. But if they're such big mistakes (and just b/c people disagree with them doesn't make them mistakes ), WotC would presumably correct them.

 

[TheEvil]

Hence the part of my post that you didnt quote and the 'but' at the beginning of the part you did

I am just trying to head off another round of arguments about the GM's authority at the table. I think we have all seen enough of them...

 

[Babylon Knight]

I disagree. If WotC is allowing it's employees to comment on the rules in official forums (e.g. on its website), that's tacit approval of what they're saying. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be allowed to make those comments on such official forums and would be relegated to such unofficial forums as EN World or other internet sites.

It's for exactly the same reason that gov'ts won't let their employees comment on something in an official capacity (e.g. by identifying themselves as gov't employees or making comments on gov't websites) unless it approves of what is being said or gives authorization for the people in question to make the statements.

At worst the comments made by WotC employees on/in WotC products are still more "official" than what you read on generic internet sites; at best those comments are in fact official.

None of this means mistakes can't be made. But if they're such big mistakes (and just b/c people disagree with them doesn't make them mistakes ), WotC would presumably correct them.

What I can't fathom is why you type all that, yet substitute "because" with "b/c"

 

[IcyCool]

At worst the comments made by WotC employees on/in WotC products are still more "official" than what you read on generic internet sites; at best those comments are in fact official.

I'm a professional programmer. Therefore I can give you my "professional" advice about what medication you should take for an illness. My advice is more "professional" than the bum on the street.

Does that make my advice any good?