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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4848596" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>Allow me to add to the chorus -- you ruled it fine (if not wonderfully) on the fly as you did.</p><p></p><p>Acrobatics = dexterity/balance/tumbling</p><p>Atheltics = strength/climbing/jumping/lifting/pushing</p><p></p><p>(where tumbling and jumping overlap is up for interpretation, but the other aspects are fairly seperate).</p><p></p><p>If anything the bullrush may have been used as a precedant, but really I might have opted for the same thing you did given that the player was trying to make this as skills-dependant as he could.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing (without any actual evidence) that he/she was just miffed that it needed a skill he wasn't trained in and he was trying to get out more than he should have from the skill he was trained in.</p><p></p><p>For any single skill that would have been too much.</p><p></p><p>Also, you are absolutely right that you would have set up a precedant for some similar thing to happen again.. and again ... and again. To this day I still regret a couple early decisions I made "to be nice" because that particular player still refers back to it as "well before you let me do this..." or "well before you let so and so do that ..." So you just got to hold your ground on some things that have the chance to get used and abused again down the road. </p><p></p><p>Bottom line: You did fine, and if the player is annoyed, don't let it get to you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 4848596, member: 807"] Allow me to add to the chorus -- you ruled it fine (if not wonderfully) on the fly as you did. Acrobatics = dexterity/balance/tumbling Atheltics = strength/climbing/jumping/lifting/pushing (where tumbling and jumping overlap is up for interpretation, but the other aspects are fairly seperate). If anything the bullrush may have been used as a precedant, but really I might have opted for the same thing you did given that the player was trying to make this as skills-dependant as he could. I'm guessing (without any actual evidence) that he/she was just miffed that it needed a skill he wasn't trained in and he was trying to get out more than he should have from the skill he was trained in. For any single skill that would have been too much. Also, you are absolutely right that you would have set up a precedant for some similar thing to happen again.. and again ... and again. To this day I still regret a couple early decisions I made "to be nice" because that particular player still refers back to it as "well before you let me do this..." or "well before you let so and so do that ..." So you just got to hold your ground on some things that have the chance to get used and abused again down the road. Bottom line: You did fine, and if the player is annoyed, don't let it get to you. :) [/QUOTE]
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