Questions tagged [designer-reasons]
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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 ask a good designer intent question?
We currently discuss whether designer intent questions are on-topic. There is a decent chance that they might become on-topic again — I wonder how one would ask a good designer intent question. I ...
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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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Is this question about experience points in earlier versions of D&D off topic as a "rule intent" or "designer reasons" question?
Why do characters with a high prime requisite gain bonus XP?
The question presents some information, then asks:
What is the reason for this rule? Did the game's designers ever explain it, either ...
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Can this question on real-world corollaries to Forgotten Realms civilizations be salvaged?
I asked this question: Are any of the kingdoms/realms of the Forgotten Realms based on real world civilisations?
It was closed for asking about Designer Intent, which is off topic.
I've run into pages ...
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Are answers that include designer reasons on-topic and allowed on this site?
This question was based on a thought I had in reaction to this: Is a question that ends up only having 'designer reason' answers off-topic even if designer reasons aren't specifically what ...
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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?
If a user asks the question of why some game element is the way it is, but the user is not specifically looking for designer reasons and there's a reasonable expectation of an in-materials answer as ...
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Is a question asking for a resource list of places to find developer commentary on the construction of D&D 5e's rules on-topic and wanted?
We have the following relevant Meta Q&A which covers the topicality of asking for commentary on specific rules (they are currently considered off-topic):
Are questions about rule intent on topic?
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Would these official commentary questions be on-topic (and good questions)?
The question Have the D&D 5E designers ever done an official commentary about why they have designed certain rules the way they did? was recently closed due to lack of focus (the close reason I ...
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Confusion regarding the topicality of and differences between "history-of-gaming" and "designer-reasons" questions
The current policy on "designer-reasons" questions states that they are off-topic and are considered to be off-topic because they often receive answers that make guesses and do not involve ...
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Revisit: Should we include rule intent/designer intent as off-topic in tour and help pages?
In a recent meta question, we had a user bringing a fair point:
I have read the thread. But does a meta-discussion overshadow the official page I've cited? Isn't that illogical? How would a user know ...
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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?"
As examples
Why is the D&D gorgon ...
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"Designer intent" vs asking specifically about the existence of statements from the designers
I'm looking in particular at the close/edit history of How can a wandering, destitute GURPS DFRPG Cleric cast high cost spells?
The original question was asking explicitly if there was a statement ...
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Why is there a blanket ban on designer intent questions when the issue is only with a subset of rpg systems?
This question comes out of a discussion of the following question:
Should we add 'designers intent' questions to the “don't ask” questions list on the tour?
In Dopplgreener's answer he states
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Should we add 'designers intent' questions to the "don't ask" questions list on the tour?
Just as it says on the tin:
This comment was left in response to a question closing.
The "Don't Ask" section of the Help Center doesn't explicitly state
that design intent questions are off ...
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Should questions touching upon designer reasons be off topic? [duplicate]
This question refers to the closing of a question I submitted a few years ago.
Is the omission of a racial +2 to wisdom intentional?
At the time, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition had a gap, in that ...
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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 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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Should I opt not to create a signpost duplicate for a question that would be opinion-based if asked today?
Today, I started wondering why in 5e, the DMG calculates encounter difficulty as "adjusted XP" which is adjusted by the total number of enemies in the encounter, but doesn't award the adjusted value ...
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Is 'what is the rationale behind the design of X' a proper question for rpg.se?
The question:
Is 'what is the rationale behind the design of X' a proper question for rpg.se?
To elaborate:
The question is motivated by my current predicament:
D&D 3 and 3.5 have certainly shown ...
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How should we handle this "fireproof worn items" question?
This concerns What have designers said for why they made worn items fireproof?
Short summary of events:
The question was asking what the RAI was behind worn items being fireproof.
An answer arrived ...
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Are rules questions that require a developer (official OR non-official) response ONLY valid for our stack?
Is a firbolg's Hidden Step intended to deactivate due to spells such as Booming Blade? has a specific stipulation from the asker that the accepted answer must have a supporting tweet from a ...
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Asking a more concise revision of a previously asked question
I assume the Meta is the correct place to ask such a thing. I hope the question itself is generic enough to get an answer that isn't too specific to my example, but I think I can better explain it ...
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What made my answer invalid?
I can't clearly understand why my answer to What reasons have the designers given for why unarmed strikes aren't 'light melee weapons'? was downvoted and deleted. How could I make the ...
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Should I delete this question and re-ask?
I recently asked a question about undead having darkvision.
I felt that the original question was pretty unambiguously worded, but apparently I was wrong as the answers don't really match what I was ...
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Are questions of designer intent on-topic for this site? [2014] [duplicate]
Pretty much what it says in the title. I recently asked this question and it has been suggested that it is unanswerable.
A previous question of this type is here, which by my understanding was ...
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Rules-as-intended and designer intent
There have been mentions of “rules-as-intended” (RAI) a few times on this meta, but always tangentially to other discussions, so I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a place to ...
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