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11 questions linked to/from So, let’s talk about rule intent and question closing
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How do we save designer reasoning questions? [2018] [duplicate]
I think we have a bit of a problem with designer reason questions on the site.
A little history: designer-reasons questions were our attempt to save "what is this rule for" questions. Those were ...
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How is the community doing? [2022] [duplicate]
We, the elected moderators, wanted to take a minute to check in and see how the community feels like things are going on the site.
This community check-in has been done for the last few years (...
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Are questions about rule intent on topic? [2018] [duplicate]
A reasonably common type of question on RPG.SE is "Why does this rule exist" or "why is a rule this way?"
These questions come in several flavors, which are not mutually exclusive:
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How can I ask a good homebrew review question?
I'd like to post some homebrew material I've made, and I want people to review it so I can ensure it will work well. How can I ask a good question like this? What are our guidelines for handling these ...
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Does this answer about towns protecting themselves against dragons really need to be deleted?
A new user recently left this answer to How did towns mundanely protect themselves against Dragons or bring them to the ground?. The answer is currently deleted so is only visible to 10k users. ...
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We should talk about the word "should"
Occasionally a question gets asked that is approximately of the form:
I have this problem, what should I do?
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I have this problem, should I do X?
These are then closed as opinion based, ...
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Are questions about rule intent on-topic? [2022]
Questions asking for the designer reasoning behind a given rule or other game elements have a long history of needing moderation. (If you're interested in past discussions on the subject, you can get ...
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How can I better formulate this question about Easter Eggs in 5e adventures to make it stackable?
My question here is about What popular culture Easter Eggs exist in published adventures?
There was a lot of discussion in the comments already, with the overall gist that the question is not hopeless ...
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Are these "history-of-gaming" questions designer-reasons?
We got a few questions that ask for the origin of a monster or name, usually, "why does it differ from the usual most common thing with the same name?"
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Why is the D&D gorgon ...
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Is it time to revisit rule intent questions?
In June '21, Someone_Evil began a discussion: We need to talk about late votes to “policy” metas. As part of the summary of her overwhelmingly supported answer, doppelgreener includes this point:
If ...
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Can I ask a question on published designer intent?
In a lot of answers, it would be helpful to explain why things are working as they are. For example that 5e is designed to leave much more to DM adjuction than earlier versions, because trying to ...
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