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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5468068" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Yes, but the aforementioned feat, Pointed Step Style, DOES talk about range. </p><p></p><p>"When your flurry of blows power is triggered by an attack that you make with a spear, <strong>one target of that power can be up to 2 squares away from you</strong>."</p><p></p><p>The bolded part looks a heck of a lot like a modification to the range. It seems fairly explicit to me. Notice too that a simple statement that the range of Flurry of Blows is increased wouldn't work here either, as the change is only a partial exception. There is in fact no other way it could have been more clearly or explicitly specified. </p><p></p><p>And how do you answer Aulirophile's observation about MBA? Certainly we understand that in the example he gave above that MBA's range is NOT modified. How would we distinguish these cases if we can start interpolating implied exceptions to the rules wherever we feel they should go? </p><p></p><p>I agree, the 4e rules are not perfectly airtight. I don't think that is for lack of trying on the part of the designers though. It may be for lack of skill at phrasing the rules carefully enough. There are also certainly areas where certain things are left somewhat open, like what you can do with a delayed action, but notice no exceptions are involved there, or if there are any they are explicit. </p><p></p><p>Again, nobody is going to play PG as if it didn't work, but the rule really has been modified in Essentials in a way that doesn't quite work. Much like the way Slayer's can't technically apply their encounter power properly. Nobody is going to play either one as written and RAI is pretty clear, but it still isn't RAW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5468068, member: 82106"] Yes, but the aforementioned feat, Pointed Step Style, DOES talk about range. "When your flurry of blows power is triggered by an attack that you make with a spear, [B]one target of that power can be up to 2 squares away from you[/B]." The bolded part looks a heck of a lot like a modification to the range. It seems fairly explicit to me. Notice too that a simple statement that the range of Flurry of Blows is increased wouldn't work here either, as the change is only a partial exception. There is in fact no other way it could have been more clearly or explicitly specified. And how do you answer Aulirophile's observation about MBA? Certainly we understand that in the example he gave above that MBA's range is NOT modified. How would we distinguish these cases if we can start interpolating implied exceptions to the rules wherever we feel they should go? I agree, the 4e rules are not perfectly airtight. I don't think that is for lack of trying on the part of the designers though. It may be for lack of skill at phrasing the rules carefully enough. There are also certainly areas where certain things are left somewhat open, like what you can do with a delayed action, but notice no exceptions are involved there, or if there are any they are explicit. Again, nobody is going to play PG as if it didn't work, but the rule really has been modified in Essentials in a way that doesn't quite work. Much like the way Slayer's can't technically apply their encounter power properly. Nobody is going to play either one as written and RAI is pretty clear, but it still isn't RAW. [/QUOTE]
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