GM 101: How to Handle a Rules Lawyer in Your RPG

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Hey Storytellers,
A rules lawyer is one who will correct the game master most of the time about the specific rules (and errata buried on the internet) for the game you are playing.
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Rules lawyers can be used to help you shore up your understanding of the game. If you are unclear on how something would work, then ask the rules lawyer for their opinion of the situation.
I also like to think about rules from a physics point of view (yes even in magic). So if the rule is just dumb and I have the rules lawyer trying to drive a train through the loophole. I will call it out and talk to them about that.
We talk about other ways to work with the rules lawyer in this episode.

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