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<blockquote data-quote="Arilyn" data-source="post: 9626852" data-attributes="member: 6816042">I can't stand the writing in 5.24. It's one of the reasons I'm not switching. It is that grating.&nbsp; The writing style is not making the game any clearer by forcing the reader through a whole book of passive language, as well as innumerable uses of the words conditions and actions. I don't see how &quot;you have the Blinded Condition&quot; is any more legible than &quot;you are Blinded.&quot; What is this trying to solve? I don't recall any players complaining that they were confused in 5e over conditions and actions. If the writers wanted to make sure, they could have just let us know that formal keywords are capitalized, rather than the constant stream of passive language, like &quot;you may make a Utilize Object Action to tie a knot in a String.&quot; How about, &quot;It takes an Action to tie a knot.&quot; I wouldn't adopt WotC's style in your writing [USER=7026093]@Puddles[/USER]. I'm seeing You Tubers use this language when discussing 5.24 and I wish they'd stop.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arilyn, post: 9626852, member: 6816042"] I can't stand the writing in 5.24. It's one of the reasons I'm not switching. It is that grating. The writing style is not making the game any clearer by forcing the reader through a whole book of passive language, as well as innumerable uses of the words conditions and actions. I don't see how "you have the Blinded Condition" is any more legible than "you are Blinded." What is this trying to solve? I don't recall any players complaining that they were confused in 5e over conditions and actions. If the writers wanted to make sure, they could have just let us know that formal keywords are capitalized, rather than the constant stream of passive language, like "you may make a Utilize Object Action to tie a knot in a String." How about, "It takes an Action to tie a knot." I wouldn't adopt WotC's style in your writing [USER=7026093]@Puddles[/USER]. I'm seeing You Tubers use this language when discussing 5.24 and I wish they'd stop. [/QUOTE]

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