An Editing of On-Site Rules or A Database of Discord Rulings
Dec 5, 2021 15:04:45 GMT -5
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Post by Ward on Dec 5, 2021 15:04:45 GMT -5
As the title says, I truly believe there needs to either be some sort of editing in of rulings made on discord or a database added for said rulings to be added, much like an errata or patch notes at the very least somewhere on the forum.
There are a plethora of rulings or explanations given in the question area or in gen chat maybe a plotting area that aren't added anywhere else but there that definitely need to be added.
For example when I was first creating Ward, this is well over 6 months ago now, I was told that the free dodge you get from Kai Kai (Shinjin trait) does not count as a technique as it's from a trait specifically, therefore it doesn't count towards technique limits, nor does it stop you from gaining KP and would also mean you wouldn't gain the extra MP for using a technique. That's fine and it makes sense, but there is still no addition of said ruling added anywhere to make this known unless someone happens to look that up or is otherwise told.
Another example that may or may not seem obvious to some was when in an AT I used a barrier and I was able to block not just techniques aimed at me, but block attacks that were aimed at a different person. I was told that officially you could barrier as many techniques as you your barrier could absorb essentially even if they weren't aimed at you, and that seems like a pretty big combat effect that isn't anywhere in the rules, as there are essentially no rules at all for combat outside of specifically 1v1 situations.
There are no doubt other examples I'm sure others could add and others I've run into as well I just can't recall at the moment, but quite a few rulings have been added that even other mods weren't clearly aware of when asked as I've ran into that on multiple occasions now even. It isn't necessarily an issue to have to ask a question, but when the question is answered for a rule that isn't on the site, it definitely needs to be added somewhere. Having so many unwritten rules is definitely not great in my opinion.