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[Arkhios]

The game wasn't single handedly created either. Take the hideous blow invocation for example. The designer had intended for it to be a straight up standard action without casting as an SLA. The FAQ on the other hand contradicts this intent. Sure, we don't know the intent behind things unless they tell us, but it's obvious that people are swapping things around or just aren't as intimate enough to know the other designer's intent. In my opinion the FAQ should be the last line of attempted mediation and even then you have to take it with a grain of salt because it does contradict the rules at times.

This is bordering semantics.

Maybe I didn't say it clearly enough, or maybe there's a minor deficiency in knowing how to read between the lines, but Designer(s) and/or Developer(s), whether they were just one or many, still know better than we players do. Therefore, they are (or should be) the higher authority when the rules or FAQ are silent.