what with all the Rules forum warble garble
-Skeld
What does this mean?
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"my GM is mean"Hey! Your GM's over-all size (or his rough average according to a specific form of calculation) has NOTHING to do with it!
*huffs away and sulks 'cause he's short, and is really more of a 'mode' anyway*
I'm a median man myself. Middle of the road and all that.
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What does this mean?what with all the Rules forum warble garble
-Skeld
Contentious rules threads devolve into two or three sides talking past each other with no hope of any meaningful resolution, coupled with the near-constant hand-wringing, kvetching, and insatiable hunger for FAQs fueled mostly by PFS's "thou shalt RAW" backbone, causes the Rules forum to periodically devolve into a caustic environment. Many of those threads become so filled with noise that they're nearly useless.
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What does this mean?what with all the Rules forum warble garble
-Skeld
Contentious rules threads devolve into two or three sides talking past each other with no hope of any meaningful resolution, coupled with the near-constant hand-wringing, kvetching, and insatiable hunger for FAQs fueled mostly by PFS's "thou shalt RAW" backbone, causes the Rules forum to periodically devolve into a caustic environment. Many of those threads become so filled with noise that they're nearly useless.
-Skeld
In that case I agree. A lot of this is caused by people taking things to extremes, and being overly sensitive.
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I have trouble recognizing these boards anymore, what with all the Rules forum warble garble and the countless "my GM is mean" butthurt threads.
I'm pretty sure I could find plenty of five-year old threads that match those descriptions.
Some people were here before Pathfinder was a thing. Find some of those threads from THAT time. If you can.
A challenge? Fun!
Here's "my GM is mean" from nine years ago.Complaining about mean GM & debating whether Detect Magic can defeat Invisibility, also from nine years ago.
There weren't as many interminable rules debates as there are nowadays, probably because people who wanted to debate D&D 3.5 rules mostly did it elsewhere.
Although I do see a lot of very familiar things, like "I'll try to remind calm, but these are the threads that really get my blood boiling. It seems that most of the poeple that have posted before me subscribe to the same (unwritten) rule that wizards seems to subscribe to. Namely, "You're a fighter, you don't get nice things." (2007, on the subject of whether you can two-weapon-fight with a greatsword & armor spikes)
Overall, on average, I find forum manners to have been better in those days (or perhaps just more aggressively moderated).
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I still recognize our game. I've recognized it over the years when we've used various versions of D&D, when an old GM decided he wanted to try Rolemaster or using Top Secret or Battletech rules for a few sessions. I recognize it when we use one or all of the Pathfinder books.
Your game is what you and your players make of it. An eternal game of keeping up with the Jones on the latest books -- be they Paizo or third party -- is a way to drive yourself to distraction.
Find what makes you and your table happy and do that. Stop fretting about what is being put out and if/when someone will ask for that particular thing.