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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 4633171" data-attributes="member: 40109">Great thread so far. One thing I don't think has been fully acknowledged yet, though, is that this supposed &quot;rules standardization&quot; is largely an illusion. Sure, on Internet messageboards we may discuss RAW, but in reality almost nobody is playing with the same set of rules as anybody else. And even when they think they're playing it RAW, I don't know how many times I've come across people online who don't understand how, say, line of effect works for spells. They'll tell you how &quot;broken&quot; spellcasters are, and give you an example of their brokenness that clearly shows they aren't following the rules correctly, and are amazed when it is pointed out to them that the &quot;problem with 3e&quot; they've been having for the last 5 years or so is entirely their own fault. (This is not to say that 3e is perfect; just that many of the problems people have complained about are a result of their own misunderstandings.)&nbsp;Anyway, the point is this: I think that one major reason why we all have such different experiences is that we are all playing the game by different rules, whether we realize it or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 4633171, member: 40109"] Great thread so far. One thing I don't think has been fully acknowledged yet, though, is that this supposed "rules standardization" is largely an illusion. Sure, on Internet messageboards we may discuss RAW, but in reality almost nobody is playing with the same set of rules as anybody else. And even when they [I]think[/I] they're playing it RAW, I don't know how many times I've come across people online who don't understand how, say, line of effect works for spells. They'll tell you how "broken" spellcasters are, and give you an example of their brokenness that clearly shows they aren't following the rules correctly, and are amazed when it is pointed out to them that the "problem with 3e" they've been having for the last 5 years or so is entirely their own fault. (This is not to say that 3e is perfect; just that many of the problems people have complained about are a result of their own misunderstandings.) Anyway, the point is this: I think that one major reason why we all have such different experiences is that we are all playing the game by different rules, whether we realize it or not. [/QUOTE]

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