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Old 12-19-2017, 12:34 PM   #27
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Default Re: GURPS Hermeneutics

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post

I have an impression that the principle that the specific overrides the general, but that when a specific rule is written the assumption is that it doesn't apply to other areas/the general, is important in understanding some parts of the system's rules philosophy.
There are a few things like that:
  • The rules version in the most recent release takes precedence in the official interpretation, even if individual gamers won't all have it.
  • The specific overrides the general.
  • Changes and exceptions made for special cases aren't meant to taken back into the rest of the system, even if they look like they might work just fine there.
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