Timeline for Is a question that ends up only having 'designer reason' answers off-topic even if designer reasons aren't specifically what the asker is seeking out?
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| Jul 22, 2020 at 1:03 | comment | added | user-781943 | @CTWind Absolutely, I agree, and that's why the question is on-topic to me. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 6:30 | comment | added | CTWind | @gszavae Right, I get that "how" would be less ambiguous as to wanting a lore answer, just I can also picture an appropriate answer to "Why was the Orc alignment changed?" being "Well, according to NonExistentLorebook p.102, Gruumsh developed a crush on Lolth and changed alignments to try and woo her, so he ordered the orcs worshipping him to follow suit to make it more convincing". | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 6:04 | comment | added | user-781943 | @CTWind I also interpreted it as being about designer reasons rather than lore. I think that "why" is less appropriate, and "how" is better - "how did orcs change from LE to CE" | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 1:16 | comment | added | CTWind | I guess I'm surprised by the assumption that 'why' infers '...did the designers change it?' as opposed to '...is the world in this state now?' for questions that may reasonably have lore answers. Like, if these 4e and 5e succubi ?s were phrased along the lines of "Why did the creature type of succubi change between X edition and the next?" I would've expected the same lore-focused answers/wouldn't have batted an eye at the question. "How'd the world get in this state?" is less ambiguous, though. | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 23:08 | comment | added | Someone_Evil Mod | And the 'pretty clearly' here doesn't so much go at what the querent is intending to ask for (that should be clarified), but main problem with designer intent is the answers they tend to draw and they'll be going of the word 'why'. | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 22:37 | history | answered | NotArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |