Originally Posted by
Segev
ThorOdinson, your Deles rice reading of the rules can be used to reach the conclusion that a short sword deals 1d6 damage, because it says it does, and if one ignores the rest of the rules for attacking, one need not roll to hit to deal -d6 damage with a short sword.
You are ignoring most of the rules for attacking and quoting a small portion of them as if the rest were not there. This is a house rule, because you are removing rules from the text to achieve your interpretation.