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<blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 3256747" data-attributes="member: 10412">We don't have access to an author's intent. We only have access to the texts they write. Rules are sometimes clear, sometimes less clear, sometimes ambiguous and sometimes downright poorly written. What seems very clear to me is sometimes less clear to someone else, and I respect someone else's right to wrangle over meanings in a voluntarily entered, easily ignored thread on a RULES DISCUSSION FORUM.If you don't like arguing about rules, then might I suggest you're in the wrong place?I appreciate the contributions of several posters in this thread. I, for one, gained something from the discussion.I agree with the reasoning, but it just strikes me as imaginatively odd.Maximized Empowered Disintegrate? No problem. The arrows of a thousand expert archers fired from the rim of the canyon walls? Jet Li, eat your heart out! Polar Ray? Pfft! Acid Orb? Blow me!A 1st level wizard with a Wand of Magic Missile?Doh!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="molonel, post: 3256747, member: 10412"] We don't have access to an author's intent. We only have access to the texts they write. Rules are sometimes clear, sometimes less clear, sometimes ambiguous and sometimes downright poorly written. What seems very clear to me is sometimes less clear to someone else, and I respect someone else's right to wrangle over meanings in a voluntarily entered, easily ignored thread on a RULES DISCUSSION FORUM. If you don't like arguing about rules, then might I suggest you're in the wrong place? I appreciate the contributions of several posters in this thread. I, for one, gained something from the discussion. I agree with the reasoning, but it just strikes me as imaginatively odd. Maximized Empowered Disintegrate? No problem. The arrows of a thousand expert archers fired from the rim of the canyon walls? Jet Li, eat your heart out! Polar Ray? Pfft! Acid Orb? Blow me! A 1st level wizard with a Wand of Magic Missile? Doh! [/QUOTE]

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