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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7627514" data-attributes="member: 20564">I don't see reminding someone of a rule as rules lawyering at all.  We do it, and others are thankful because they aren't as versed in the game.  Of course I'm also the person who let the DM know when the last errata nerfed my character some - holding to the rules when they help you and hiding them at other times is a whole different term, one not polite enough to post here.Rules lawyering, to me, is about finding the loophole or other advantage that shouldn't be there or violates the spirit but not the letter of the rules.  "Rule A says this, and when that interacts with Rule B that means this" or "Rule C says this applies except in these listed cases, and this new case from a later book isn't listed, so it applies".  The other case is when the DM makes a ruling because of a specific exceptional circumstance and a player would rather not have it and argues for by-the-book.</blockquote>