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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9872798" data-attributes="member: 177">If a poker player used his supply of chips to bluff a win out of a poor hand, would you accuse them of not taking the loss they "should have" had based on the cards handed to them?  Or would you say they knew how to play the game well?  Probably the latter.If a D&D player just happened to have a spell slot, such that they could cast the right spell at a critical moment, and they snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, would you argue that they aren't accepting the bitter along with the sweet?No, you probably would not.  They just used an agreed-upon resource well.Our game participants are not expected to "take the bitter" if they still have resources to spend to avoid it!  Meta-currencies are not somehow different.  They are just resources.</blockquote>