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<blockquote data-quote="Pariah" data-source="post: 2453387" data-attributes="member: 1327"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I realize it's a bit of a nit-pick, but I'm trying to get at the true RAW.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">It's been a while since I took English in college, but deconstructing that sentence yields:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">In addition to their own special qualities, all familiars grant their masters the Alertness feat, the benefit of an empathic link, and the ability to share spells with the familiar</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The protagonist(s): all familiars</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The action: grant</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The recipient of the action: their masters</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The commas represent a series of listed objects that are granted to their masters, IN ADDITION TO, the phrase by default attaches itself to the list being granted, since in the sentence, the familiars are the ones doing the granting.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">To attempt to solidify what I am trying to say, let me construct a new sentence using the exact same form and verbs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">In addition to his 10 million dollars, Donald Trump grants his apprentice a new Cadillac, a beach home, and a gold watch.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Which would you say the apprentice gets, assuming Donald Trump doesn't fire him?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">A) 10 million dollars AND a new Cadillac, AND a beach home, AND a gold watch</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">OR ONLY</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">B) a new Cadillac, AND a beach home, AND a gold watch?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">To me, using English composition faintly remembered from college, (A) is the only option I see as valid. I actually want to be proven wrong, somehow, since I'm the DM. (yes, yes, I know, but I think "Rule 0!!" is overused.) </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Also, since "improved" familiars don't even grant the pseudo-skill or ability bonuses that a "normal" familiar does, and just "normal" familiars grant <em>something</em>, it seems to me, that logically, the "improved" familiar should also grant something <em>special</em> to the master, and what the Imp Familiar grants should be better than what a normal familiar grants, since you are expending an extra feat. I am just not agreeing with "change your familiar, change your type".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pariah, post: 2453387, member: 1327"] [size=2]I realize it's a bit of a nit-pick, but I'm trying to get at the true RAW. It's been a while since I took English in college, but deconstructing that sentence yields: In addition to their own special qualities, all familiars grant their masters the Alertness feat, the benefit of an empathic link, and the ability to share spells with the familiar The protagonist(s): all familiars The action: grant The recipient of the action: their masters The commas represent a series of listed objects that are granted to their masters, IN ADDITION TO, the phrase by default attaches itself to the list being granted, since in the sentence, the familiars are the ones doing the granting. To attempt to solidify what I am trying to say, let me construct a new sentence using the exact same form and verbs. In addition to his 10 million dollars, Donald Trump grants his apprentice a new Cadillac, a beach home, and a gold watch. Which would you say the apprentice gets, assuming Donald Trump doesn't fire him? A) 10 million dollars AND a new Cadillac, AND a beach home, AND a gold watch OR ONLY B) a new Cadillac, AND a beach home, AND a gold watch? To me, using English composition faintly remembered from college, (A) is the only option I see as valid. I actually want to be proven wrong, somehow, since I'm the DM. (yes, yes, I know, but I think "Rule 0!!" is overused.) Also, since "improved" familiars don't even grant the pseudo-skill or ability bonuses that a "normal" familiar does, and just "normal" familiars grant [i]something[/i], it seems to me, that logically, the "improved" familiar should also grant something [i]special[/i] to the master, and what the Imp Familiar grants should be better than what a normal familiar grants, since you are expending an extra feat. I am just not agreeing with "change your familiar, change your type". [/size] [/QUOTE]
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