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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6112953" data-attributes="member: 42582">Are you seriously asserting, as a claim about 4e design and expected play, that there is no connection between the story element &quot;I have a sword that can burst into flames&quot; and the rules statement &quot;My sword turns all my untyped weapon damage into fire damage&quot;? So it's sheer coincidence that the designers never released a magic item with an item called &quot;Flaming sword&quot; that delivers acid damage?And the fact that poison debuffs, cold slows, thuner pushes or deafens, etc - that's all just arbitrary and coincidental too?I find it hard to believe that's what you mean, but I'm having trouble giving any other meaning to your statement.I'm interested in why it's a strawman.And I'm puzzled by your apparent reluctance to allow that there might be a range of views about the role of a GM in an RPG, and that people who have a different view from yours aren't necessarily doing and wrong and just in need of greater relaxation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6112953, member: 42582"] Are you seriously asserting, as a claim about 4e design and expected play, that there is no connection between the story element "I have a sword that can burst into flames" and the rules statement "My sword turns all my untyped weapon damage into fire damage"? So it's sheer coincidence that the designers never released a magic item with an item called "Flaming sword" that delivers acid damage? And the fact that poison debuffs, cold slows, thuner pushes or deafens, etc - that's all just arbitrary and coincidental too? I find it hard to believe that's what you mean, but I'm having trouble giving any other meaning to your statement. I'm interested in why it's a strawman. And I'm puzzled by your apparent reluctance to allow that there might be a range of views about the role of a GM in an RPG, and that people who have a different view from yours aren't necessarily doing and wrong and just in need of greater relaxation. [/QUOTE]

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