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<blockquote data-quote="mxmarkargent" data-source="post: 1284953" data-attributes="member: 6446">There are legitimate rules-based reasons for descriptors, though -- among other things, bonuses require descriptors to determine stacking, and under 3.5, DR is bypassed by descriptor (eg 15/epic or 15/vile rather than 15/+5) rather than bonus. Those are just two examples off the top of my head.Things that need to die quietly:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &quot;T$R&quot; -- from the same great wits that brought you &quot;Micro$loth Winblow$&quot; and &quot;Macincrap&quot;&lt;li&gt; &quot;it's called &lt;i&gt;role&lt;/i&gt;playing, not &lt;i&gt;roll&lt;/i&gt;playing&quot; -- puns are in fact the lowest form of humor&lt;li&gt; &quot;pretentious&quot; used to describe any style of play that doesn't involve hitting things and pushing around tin soldiers on a vinyl grid&lt;li&gt; &quot;hack &amp; slash&quot; used to describe any style of play that doesn't allow for waxing shakespearean/schwarzeneggarian/montypythonical all session long&lt;li&gt; the phrase &quot;politically correct&quot; when used to denigrate attempts to be more inclusive of people who are not white or male (eg &quot;the use of the female pronoun in this book is just a lame attempt at being &lt;i&gt;politically correct&lt;/i&gt;&quot;)&lt;li&gt; &quot;dungeonpunk&quot; and for that matter, the word &quot;punk&quot; as a suffix -- it's as horrid as saying that something has &quot;attitude&quot;&lt;li&gt; negative comparisons of 3e to CRPGs -- when did characters that gain customizeable special abilities as they increase in power suddenly become a bad thing?&lt;li&gt; the phrase &quot;politically incorrect&quot; when used to excuse one's own jackassery (eg &quot;I speak my mind, I'm &lt;i&gt;politically incorrect&lt;/i&gt;&quot;)&lt;li&gt; the image of WoTC and White Wolf as being run by &quot;money-grubbing suits&quot; -- there are few people in the industry who would not benefit, salary-wise, from a career change to something more stable, such as pizza delivery, and although you might not like what they produce, they're all doing it for love of the game&lt;li&gt; good-aligned drow -- enough already.&lt;/ul&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mxmarkargent, post: 1284953, member: 6446"] There are legitimate rules-based reasons for descriptors, though -- among other things, bonuses require descriptors to determine stacking, and under 3.5, DR is bypassed by descriptor (eg 15/epic or 15/vile rather than 15/+5) rather than bonus. Those are just two examples off the top of my head. Things that need to die quietly: <ul> <li> "T$R" -- from the same great wits that brought you "Micro$loth Winblow$" and "Macincrap" <li> "it's called roleplaying, not rollplaying" -- puns are in fact the lowest form of humor <li> "pretentious" used to describe any style of play that doesn't involve hitting things and pushing around tin soldiers on a vinyl grid <li> "hack & slash" used to describe any style of play that doesn't allow for waxing shakespearean/schwarzeneggarian/montypythonical all session long <li> the phrase "politically correct" when used to denigrate attempts to be more inclusive of people who are not white or male (eg "the use of the female pronoun in this book is just a lame attempt at being politically correct") <li> "dungeonpunk" and for that matter, the word "punk" as a suffix -- it's as horrid as saying that something has "attitude" <li> negative comparisons of 3e to CRPGs -- when did characters that gain customizeable special abilities as they increase in power suddenly become a bad thing? <li> the phrase "politically incorrect" when used to excuse one's own jackassery (eg "I speak my mind, I'm politically incorrect") <li> the image of WoTC and White Wolf as being run by "money-grubbing suits" -- there are few people in the industry who would not benefit, salary-wise, from a career change to something more stable, such as pizza delivery, and although you might not like what they produce, they're all doing it for love of the game <li> good-aligned drow -- enough already. </ul> [/QUOTE]

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