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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 7180384" data-attributes="member: 6669384"><p>I'll reply, but I'm going to try and reduce the volume. We're both pretty long winded.</p><p></p><p>Okay. Your Mage gets a bump in STRength. Will he heft his greatsword and go charging into melee? Or a Longsword? A Battle Axe? A Rapier? A Staple-remover?</p><p></p><p>Not if you want the character to live. It applies, but is pretty close to useless. Write it down immediately, of course, but then you'll go back to playing the Mage pretty much as you always have. Why? Because Strength is almost meaningless for a Mage except under the most unusual circumstances.</p><p></p><p>To clarify the "Future, not past" line that you seemed not to understand.</p><p></p><p>The future includes things that haven't happened yet. All of them, from a millisecond in the future until the death of the universe.</p><p></p><p>The past includes everything that's already happened.</p><p></p><p>One of these can be changed.</p><p></p><p>Now, you say that "most of these apply to my house rule too". I'm guessing that you;re referrin to my list of places that say no to your rule.</p><p></p><p>The RAW says no to my rule. Rules consistency doesn't. Game balance doesn't say no. There is no contra-case to say no. Realism doesn't say no.</p><p></p><p>I could play the pedant and explain what "most" actually means, but let's skip that part.</p><p></p><p>No surprise that you say "Blah" to my arguments. It's more or less what you've been saying from the beginning. Not sure why you asked the question, if you weren't prepared for someone to answer it.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, you disagree. And as I've said, you're free to apply any rules you like, when you're the DM. Why you act so determined to "win" this exchange is kind of hard to understand. You won't convince me, and I accept that I won't convince you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 7180384, member: 6669384"] I'll reply, but I'm going to try and reduce the volume. We're both pretty long winded. Okay. Your Mage gets a bump in STRength. Will he heft his greatsword and go charging into melee? Or a Longsword? A Battle Axe? A Rapier? A Staple-remover? Not if you want the character to live. It applies, but is pretty close to useless. Write it down immediately, of course, but then you'll go back to playing the Mage pretty much as you always have. Why? Because Strength is almost meaningless for a Mage except under the most unusual circumstances. To clarify the "Future, not past" line that you seemed not to understand. The future includes things that haven't happened yet. All of them, from a millisecond in the future until the death of the universe. The past includes everything that's already happened. One of these can be changed. Now, you say that "most of these apply to my house rule too". I'm guessing that you;re referrin to my list of places that say no to your rule. The RAW says no to my rule. Rules consistency doesn't. Game balance doesn't say no. There is no contra-case to say no. Realism doesn't say no. I could play the pedant and explain what "most" actually means, but let's skip that part. No surprise that you say "Blah" to my arguments. It's more or less what you've been saying from the beginning. Not sure why you asked the question, if you weren't prepared for someone to answer it. Yeah, you disagree. And as I've said, you're free to apply any rules you like, when you're the DM. Why you act so determined to "win" this exchange is kind of hard to understand. You won't convince me, and I accept that I won't convince you. [/QUOTE]
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