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Acronym of "'''Read As Written'''" or "'''Rules As Written'''", used in the gaming community when discussing literal interpretations of a rule, or rules, as opposed to other methods of interpretation. This is most commonly used when looking for exploits and loopholes in the system - where a sensible gamer or Game Master would change, ignore or skip the rule making it work reasonably, RAW often causes feedback loops that create unusually high results or even infinite numbers (Pun Pun, Peasant Railgun, etc) | Acronym of "'''Read As Written'''" or "'''Rules As Written'''", used in the gaming community when discussing literal interpretations of a rule, or rules, as opposed to other methods of interpretation. This is most commonly used when looking for exploits and loopholes in the system - where a sensible gamer or Game Master would change, ignore or skip the rule making it work reasonably, RAW often causes feedback loops that create unusually high results or even infinite numbers (Pun Pun, Peasant Railgun, etc) | ||
RAW often devolves into 'Read As I See It'. | RAW often devolves into 'Read As I See It' or 'Read As Benefits Me'. | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 27 July 2008
Acronym of "Read As Written" or "Rules As Written", used in the gaming community when discussing literal interpretations of a rule, or rules, as opposed to other methods of interpretation. This is most commonly used when looking for exploits and loopholes in the system - where a sensible gamer or Game Master would change, ignore or skip the rule making it work reasonably, RAW often causes feedback loops that create unusually high results or even infinite numbers (Pun Pun, Peasant Railgun, etc)
RAW often devolves into 'Read As I See It' or 'Read As Benefits Me'.