Quote Originally Posted by greenknight View Post
That's a pretty good summary of the situation, but the real problem is that some people think their house rules are the RAW. They aren’t going to say this is their interpretation or how their group plays the game, they are going to say this is how it is, and how the rules are written (or at the very least, how they are meant to be interpreted, although even getting that far is often a struggle). I’ve often seen people dismiss problems with the RAW with the simple comment – “Don’t be silly, no-one plays that way” despite the fact that the RAW state that playing that way is perfectly acceptable. That’s what really muddies the water with rules debates, IME.
I'm suddenly reminded of several comments in a thread about multiclassing penalties.

Ugh.