Has 5e succeeded in emphasizing Rulings, Not Rules

RPGPundit · September 03, 2018, 05:00:47 AM

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1054833Even Crawford has endorsed making your own rulings for AL. It's the AL people who take his and others words as gospel. So again, Pundit is wrong and his bias is showing.

Except I'm not because while Crawford might pay lip service to what you said, he still gives single definitive answers to these questions all the time, as if he was the ultimate arbiter of D&D rulings and not a mid-grade writer.

rawma · September 06, 2018, 01:16:46 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1054976Except I'm not because while Crawford might pay lip service to what you said, he still gives single definitive answers to these questions all the time, as if he was the ultimate arbiter of D&D rulings and not a mid-grade writer.

Oh, they stopped returning your calls. Got it.

Mistwell · September 07, 2018, 04:30:49 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1054976Except I'm not because while Crawford might pay lip service to what you said, he still gives single definitive answers to these questions all the time, as if he was the ultimate arbiter of D&D rulings and not a mid-grade writer.

Most of his answers he takes pains to say, "but that's just what I'd do in my game".

But I know your character needs to spin it as something else...

RPGPundit · September 11, 2018, 03:36:33 AM

Quote from: rawma;1055183Oh, they stopped returning your calls. Got it.

You keep right on believing that, bucko.

RPGPundit · September 11, 2018, 03:37:06 AM

Quote from: Mistwell;1055392Most of his answers he takes pains to say, "but that's just what I'd do in my game".

He does say that pretty often. The problem is also gives definitive answers as if he's the authority on it.

Steven Mitchell · September 11, 2018, 09:30:23 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1055695He does say that pretty often. The problem is also gives definitive answers as if he's the authority on it.

This dual, almost schizophrenic, type of answer also is a good deal of what is wrong with much of the advice in the WotC DMGs. Their advice would be improved immensely if they simply adopted into the their formula writing the habit of giving at least two or three options to all such questions.

Rhedyn · September 11, 2018, 10:35:20 AM

5e would be better if no one gave official rulings or "Sage Advice" or errata.

It's the classic issue with all Rules Lighter games. By the process of consistent rulings, every table eventually becomes rules heavy/complete. The only difference is the same tables do not need the same rules for the same things.

Your table might need competitive dance rules, while mine needs warforge that can transform into carts.

The more Jeremy Crawford speaks, the narrower and less useful 5e becomes. Even saying, "well that's how I do it in my games" doesn't work because his words imply authority due to his status as a developer for the game. "Word of God" or "Word of the Author".

RPGPundit · September 13, 2018, 02:43:53 AM

Made even worse by the fact that he's neither.

rawma · September 16, 2018, 02:43:31 PM

Quote from: rawma;1055183Oh, they stopped returning your calls. Got it.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1055694You keep right on believing that, bucko.

Crawford isn't doing anything he wasn't doing back when you liked D&D 5e because they took you on as a consultant; you're not railing against SJWs and swine so it's not about politics.

So just making a reasonable inference.

RPGPundit · September 18, 2018, 04:55:55 AM

Quote from: rawma;1056353Crawford isn't doing anything he wasn't doing back when you liked D&D 5e because they took you on as a consultant;

Back when I was a Consultant, Crawford was a near-unknown second-level writer whose politics no one paid attention to. He has wormed his way up to a higher influence and a sense of total impunity because of his SJW credentials in a company that has become infested with SJWs, and he's gunning for Mearls' job, so he can fully ruin the game and hobby for his politics.

So yes, this is ABSOLUTELY about politics, dumbass.

rawma · September 18, 2018, 08:50:42 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1056595Back when I was a Consultant, Crawford was a near-unknown second-level writer whose politics no one paid attention to. He has wormed his way up to a higher influence and a sense of total impunity because of his SJW credentials in a company that has become infested with SJWs, and he's gunning for Mearls' job, so he can fully ruin the game and hobby for his politics.

So yes, this is ABSOLUTELY about politics, dumbass.

He started doing Sage Advice within a couple of months of the last core book being released; it took you over three years to get upset about it? You'd have been railing about SJWs from your very first post in this thread if it was really about his politics, but you weren't, and didn't until the post I'm replying to. So I assume you had a falling out with the D&D team at WOTC; it's more likely that they got tired of you than anything else.

But if you can get them to return your phone calls, you could release a video showing them doing so. I'm not holding my breath.

RPGPundit · September 20, 2018, 05:34:19 AM

Your assumptions are asinine. I haven't had any contact with WoTC after I FINISHED my work for them after the core books were released. I have no reason to call them over anything.

Christopher Brady · September 20, 2018, 05:45:23 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1056994Your assumptions are asinine. I haven't had any contact with WoTC after I FINISHED my work for them after the core books were released. I have no reason to call them over anything.

So you're just bitter they changed what you suggested, then?

Rhedyn · September 20, 2018, 07:54:30 AM

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1056999So you're just bitter they changed what you suggested, then?

To be fair, 5e was a lot better right after release before sage advice and new books solidified some bad rulings as canon. Mearls and Crawford have been terrible stewards.

mAcular Chaotic · September 20, 2018, 12:03:59 PM

Quote from: Rhedyn;1057010To be fair, 5e was a lot better right after release before sage advice and new books solidified some bad rulings as canon. Mearls and Crawford have been terrible stewards.

How so?