Timeline for Are the citation requirements for objective questions not applicable to systems like World of Darkness/Mage the Ascension?
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| Dec 13, 2019 at 18:12 | comment | added | Xirema | @Pleasestopbeingevil Accessibility is good and necessary though. I would argue that, at least in this context, accessibility is a goal in-and-of-itself. | |
| Dec 13, 2019 at 18:10 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | @Xirema There is no functional difference between quoting the material and paraphrasing it. The part where the answerer says "it lets you [do X]" is the exact kind of citation you are asking for, just from a different culture than you like. Having book and page number doesn't make information any more supportive at all, it just makes it more accessible. | |
| Dec 13, 2019 at 14:51 | comment | added | Xirema | @Pleasestopbeingevil We still have an obligation to back up our claims. Even when I do "bounded list" questions I try to make sure any spell or ability I reference either quotes the relevant text to show that it does what I'm claiming it does, or else I at least try to reference the book + page number where it's located. Answers to more objective answers don't need to exhaustively reference personal experience; but they need to reference something. | |
| Dec 13, 2019 at 14:48 | comment | added | Xirema | @AlexP That's largely my point. The fact that a system might have an obvious "here's the exact ability that does this" answer is why I generally do not issue "too broad" or "unclear" close votes on questions whose system I am unfamiliar with. But looking at the question we're talking about, it's pretty clear that the game system we're talking about doesn't have that kind of answer, or else it would have been provided as an answer. | |
| Dec 13, 2019 at 6:54 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | How can I deal with fire? Learn Firedance. It does [x thing that solves that]. How is that different that a 5e question asking "How can I pick a lock with Mage Hand?" and an answer saying "Become an Arcane Trickster. It lets you [x thing that solves that]", Is that really a bad answer? Why? Do I have to also say "One time I played an arcane trickster and used Mage Hand Legerdemain to pick a lock and it worked, like the text in the book clearly says"? Sure, link rot might happen (and should, because that linked material is presumably in violation of copyright...) but it's not link only | |
| Dec 13, 2019 at 5:46 | comment | added | Alex P | "How can a mage implement a hammerspace?" — ok, imagine asking "How can I play a character who turns invisible in combat?" in a D&D game. One answer is "there's an invisibility spell, it's right in the book," but also there's like six other options and some of them are cheaper, or stronger, or last longer, and they may be hidden in secondary sourcebooks or mechanical read-between-the-lines on other powers. | |
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| Dec 12, 2019 at 20:00 | history | answered | Xirema | CC BY-SA 4.0 |