sirknighter wrote:
The thread never came to a full conclusion did it? I see 50% saying yes and quoting why, and 50% saying no and quoting why
Rule interactions are sometimes ambiguous in their conclusion - if they COULD go both ways, then a discussion like that can't come to a full conclusion.
If you're trying to decide what the rules actually do, then look through the extensive discussion in that thread and come to your own conclusion on which interpretation is the best (for whatever reason - that it more accurately tracks the rule text, that it makes more internal or external sense, that it follow more closely what seems to be the writer's intent, etc.).
But IF the rules are actually ambiguous, the General Discussion forum is not going to be any better equipped to come to a "full conclusion" than
YMDC, and in fact is probably far less equipped to do so.
If, instead of the above, you're looking to find out how players who have had this rules interaction in play have played in before (to get a sense of whether your preferred/planned rules interaction will fly in a random pickup game), the General Discussion forum might be a place to ask.