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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6259907" data-attributes="member: 5143">Great.  The problem is: Did you remember to check your character sheet or are you just working off of memory?  If you bonus to hit is +8 and you use that +8 on 80% of your rolls are you going to even remember to apply the +2 because this round you are tripping instead of doing a normal attack?  Where is the note on your character sheet?  Right beside your weapon or on a page of notes on the back?  If you put it right beside is it big enough that you'll see it when you check your character sheet?  Even if it is, will you remember that when making a trip attempt you need to look at your modifier AND the note below it or will you just check the modifier absentmindedly and gloss right over the note?Also if there are 4 more notes below that one saying +2 against Orcs, +2 against people wearing red, +2 against Mimes, +2 vs Sandwiches....and you almost never look at any of them because you rarely fight sandwiches, are you going to forget to check that note the day you actually fight sandwiches?Even if you do remember to apply it, now there's a modifier you MIGHT have forgotten so now the group has to ask if you've forgotten it, just in case, since they want to make sure you are applying every possible benefit.  If you get angry at them for reminding you all the time, they'll tell you they were just trying to be helpful and there's no need to yell.  Then forget that you yelled at them and start reminding you again next turn.All this fails to ask the fairly legitimate question: Is it worth all the hassle just to have a +2 bonus to trips?</blockquote>

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