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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6858816" data-attributes="member: 23751">Yes.  It's an exaggeration of the truths of the game.  Of course, I'm not talking about the characters in the game knowing numbers, so I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.They are directly tied to the elements of fiction, though.  An 18 strength is more than +4.  It also directly causes the fiction that the character is very strong.  Most mechanics are not divorced from the fluff/fiction.  They are tied to it.The medusa stat block says that her gaze attack can turn you to stone.  The fiction says her gaze turns people to stone.  If we are to believe your claim above, I could write that the fiction was that her gaze makes people giggle and keep the gaze attack that turns people to stone, because the stat block is not the fiction.I disagree.  Your way is not much more than a small blurb in the rulebook.  My way is how the rest of the rules are written and and affect play.</blockquote>