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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 6873545">What?!?!?!&nbsp; Maybe in YOUR games.&nbsp; What if an SCA geek isn't available?&nbsp; I don't even know what &quot;Heavy Cavalry&quot; is in the historical sense, as distinguished from &quot;Light Cavalry&quot;, nor do I really care.&nbsp; (Which I put in the same category of irrelevance as &quot;How heavy was actual plate armor?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Is dual-wielding effective?&quot; and &quot;How freaking awesome are katanas?&quot;)Seriously?&nbsp; You may only narrate things in which you've thought through every possible permutation, so that you won't have to add details or retcon later?&nbsp; Christ what a restrictive way to RPG.&nbsp; That would suck all the joy out of the game for me.Patently false.&nbsp; Those are MY heavy cavalry.&nbsp; You are free to describe your own.It was meant not as &quot;you're the type of person...&quot; but &quot;this is the type of argument you are making...&quot;&nbsp; (Which it is.) If you want to continue to believe I'm putting words in your mouth, or to extend &quot;imagine&quot; to other less savory realms, that's your choice.Citation on that?&nbsp; Keeping in mind that determining the mechanical result and narrating the fluff are* two different things.*Perhaps I should say &quot;can be&quot; two different things, which seems to be the core of the disagreement on this topic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 6873545"] What?!?!?! Maybe in YOUR games. What if an SCA geek isn't available? I don't even know what "Heavy Cavalry" is in the historical sense, as distinguished from "Light Cavalry", nor do I really care. (Which I put in the same category of irrelevance as "How heavy was actual plate armor?" "Is dual-wielding effective?" and "How freaking awesome are katanas?") Seriously? You may only narrate things in which you've thought through every possible permutation, so that you won't have to add details or retcon later? Christ what a restrictive way to RPG. That would suck all the joy out of the game for me. Patently false. Those are MY heavy cavalry. You are free to describe your own. It was meant not as "you're the type of person..." but "this is the type of argument you are making..." (Which it is.) If you want to continue to believe I'm putting words in your mouth, or to extend "imagine" to other less savory realms, that's your choice. Citation on that? Keeping in mind that determining the mechanical result and narrating the fluff are* two different things. *Perhaps I should say "can be" two different things, which seems to be the core of the disagreement on this topic. [/QUOTE]

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