▲ 365 ▼ This definetly seem very intentional… (ttrpg.network) submitted 11 months ago by jounniy@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 117 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) Rulings like this annoy me. Like, if he had said "the spell is poorly written, because our intention is that a wall of force can be targeted by disintegrate, but you're right that that's not what the spell descriptions say", then I'd be able to respect that a lot more than what you describe him saying. Words are a slippery beast, and there will always be a gap between Rules as Intended and Rules as Written. Good game design can reduce that gap, but not if the designers aren't willing to acknowledge the chasm they have created permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jounniy@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 11 months ago I know that this may be a bit of a gap, but it’s a general problem of our society nowadays: Admitting a mistake is unpopular and can be used by others to say "See: even you acknowledged that you were wrong there.", so people only rarely do it. (Especially politicians, stars and corporations/corporate representatives.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) Rulings like this annoy me. Like, if he had said "the spell is poorly written, because our intention is that a wall of force can be targeted by disintegrate, but you're right that that's not what the spell descriptions say", then I'd be able to respect that a lot more than what you describe him saying. Words are a slippery beast, and there will always be a gap between Rules as Intended and Rules as Written. Good game design can reduce that gap, but not if the designers aren't willing to acknowledge the chasm they have created permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jounniy@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 11 months ago I know that this may be a bit of a gap, but it’s a general problem of our society nowadays: Admitting a mistake is unpopular and can be used by others to say "See: even you acknowledged that you were wrong there.", so people only rarely do it. (Especially politicians, stars and corporations/corporate representatives.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jounniy@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 11 months ago I know that this may be a bit of a gap, but it’s a general problem of our society nowadays: Admitting a mistake is unpopular and can be used by others to say "See: even you acknowledged that you were wrong there.", so people only rarely do it. (Especially politicians, stars and corporations/corporate representatives.) permalink fedilink source parent