06-12-2021, 04:25 PM | #1 |
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What is RAW?
Probably a dumb noobish question, but what is RAW? I see people using it a lot in this forum, but I am unaware of any book that would be an acronym for.
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06-12-2021, 04:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: What is RAW?
It is a common acronym for Rules as Written.
Aka what the rules really say regardless of intent or if it makes sense or is a good rule. |
06-12-2021, 04:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: What is RAW?
"Rules as written." That is, the text of published works, without any workarounds, house rules, or common variants.
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06-12-2021, 04:32 PM | #4 |
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Re: What is RAW?
Rules As Written :refer to the text of the published rules, with no outside knowledge (ie author comments, ...) or variants.
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06-12-2021, 05:09 PM | #5 |
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Re: What is RAW?
Cool, thanks everyone!
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06-12-2021, 09:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: What is RAW?
It's a bit dated and out-of-date, but there's the forum list of abbreviations to check out.
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06-13-2021, 05:29 AM | #7 |
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Re: What is RAW?
RAW can also be used as the opposite of RAI (rules as intended). That is, it can be used to describe something that is possible if you interpret the letter of the rules literally, but possibly wasn't intended. (This usage of "RAW" comes up a lot on sites that discuss Dungeons & Dragons, where exploiting the exact letter of the rules to determine what your character can and can't do is positively expected!)
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06-13-2021, 07:39 AM | #8 | |
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Re: What is RAW?
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GURPS does not have so many literalist RAW exploits, largely because of how it's structured compared to D&D. Of course, I like to think that GURPS attracts fewer minmaxers and ruleplayers who go for that sort of thing, but that may be optimistic on my part.
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06-14-2021, 10:41 PM | #10 | |
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