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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8516223" data-attributes="member: 22779">Yes, they are opposites.&nbsp; If something is abstract, it's not actually simulating anything.&nbsp; In order to simulate something you actually NEED to have something simulated.&nbsp; Combat is 100% abstract.&nbsp; So, basically, you're simulating an abstract concept - combat, using an abstract measure - Strength (along with things like level and other things as well) and then claiming that it needs to be simulative?&nbsp; Again, what is a Charisma of 16?&nbsp; What IS it?&nbsp; What is being simulated?&nbsp; How can you tell the difference between a Cha of 14 and a Cha of 16?&nbsp; How should I play an Intelligence of 14.&nbsp; After all, if the scores are simulations, then there should be a qualitative difference in how I play a 14 Int and a 12 Int.&nbsp; That's just as big of a difference as our Strength scores, and that seems really, really important, so, why isn't Int a major issue?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8516223, member: 22779"] Yes, they are opposites. If something is abstract, it's not actually simulating anything. In order to simulate something you actually NEED to have something simulated. Combat is 100% abstract. So, basically, you're simulating an abstract concept - combat, using an abstract measure - Strength (along with things like level and other things as well) and then claiming that it needs to be simulative? Again, what is a Charisma of 16? What IS it? What is being simulated? How can you tell the difference between a Cha of 14 and a Cha of 16? How should I play an Intelligence of 14. After all, if the scores are simulations, then there should be a qualitative difference in how I play a 14 Int and a 12 Int. That's just as big of a difference as our Strength scores, and that seems really, really important, so, why isn't Int a major issue? [/QUOTE]

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