Quote Originally Posted by KorvinStarmast View Post
That was my take.

As to Rich knowing the rules: heck, he wrote at least one supplement, didn't he?
Plenty of supplements were written by people who didn't have the slightest understanding of the rules. For that matter, most of the people who worked on the core books didn't understand the rules either. I'm not making any claim about Burlew's knowledge; I've never met him. But this isn't a point for or against it.