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<blockquote data-quote="Iku Rex" data-source="post: 557760" data-attributes="member: 752">I don't recall ever talking about any &quot;group mind&quot;. &quot;Designer intent&quot; = &quot;what the designer(s) meant to convey when [the rule] was written&quot;.&nbsp; If Skip says &quot;when I wrote this, my intent was that...&quot;, the designer intent has been made clear. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks the rule ought to, in the best of all possible worlds, be.Disagreement over what a rule or spell ought to say do not entail disagreement over what it currently says, or what the person (or persons) who wrote it meant it to say. &nbsp;&nbsp;I'm sure I could argue that, but I haven't, and neither have anyone else.I have argued that since the spell specifically says that you don't get the extraordinary abilities of the new form, the change involved must be one that doesn't give you the extraordinary abilities of the new form. (Silly me...) Either because the ability relies on physical structures or processes not duplicated, or because it depends on instincts or training not magically conveyed by the spell. So, do characters in your campaign gain blindsight when they take the form of a bat? And if yes, is that a hosue rule?(Edit: Minor change.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iku Rex, post: 557760, member: 752"] I don't recall ever talking about any "group mind". "Designer intent" = "what the designer(s) meant to convey when [the rule] was written". If Skip says "when I wrote this, my intent was that...", the [i]designer intent[/i] has been made clear. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks the rule [i]ought to[/i], in the best of all possible worlds, be. Disagreement over what a rule or spell ought to say do not entail disagreement over what it currently says, or what the person (or persons) who wrote it meant it to say. I'm sure I could argue that, but I haven't, and neither have anyone else. I have argued that since the spell specifically says that you don't get the extraordinary abilities of the new form, the change involved must be one that doesn't give you the extraordinary abilities of the new form. (Silly me...) Either because the ability relies on physical structures or processes not duplicated, or because it depends on instincts or training not magically conveyed by the spell. So, do characters in your campaign gain [i]blindsight[/i] when they take the form of a bat? And if yes, is that a hosue rule? (Edit: Minor change.) [/QUOTE]

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