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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7026003" data-attributes="member: 996">It is about the only mechanical difference you came up with for &quot;TotM Support&quot; the rest comes down to incentives to deprecate the system and rule arbitrarily.&nbsp; Which....&nbsp;Yep, at that point, Freestyle RP starts to look like the way to go.&nbsp; I remember, back on UseNet in the Roll v Role debate, there were people who bought deeply into the Wolfie philosophy, that bad rules made good games, and I always had to wonder if they'd just never heard of the concept of Freestyle.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;It is funny how trivial a thing can affect feel in a big way for some people.&nbsp; One game has squares that convert to 5', another has feet in multiples of 5 that convert to squares.&nbsp; The difference is meaningless on a rational level, non-existent on a mathematical level, but on a subjective personal level, could be meaningful.&nbsp;It's still /no support at all/.&nbsp; So, sure, if that's all you need, you have it, in every edition of D&amp;D - since they all used feet, one way or another.&nbsp;Smacks of conspiracy theory - it's hard to credit WotC with a coordinated anything, let alone one rating a coupla 'very's.&nbsp; ;PBut, it does also ring of the &quot;Illusory Truth Effect.&quot;&nbsp; Repeat something often enough, and even if still obviously false, it becomes more familiar and less implausible.&nbsp; Plus, if it's not some fiendish plot, you have to give them credit for trying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7026003, member: 996"] It is about the only mechanical difference you came up with for "TotM Support" the rest comes down to incentives to deprecate the system and rule arbitrarily. Which.... Yep, at that point, Freestyle RP starts to look like the way to go. I remember, back on UseNet in the Roll v Role debate, there were people who bought deeply into the Wolfie philosophy, that bad rules made good games, and I always had to wonder if they'd just never heard of the concept of Freestyle. ;) It is funny how trivial a thing can affect feel in a big way for some people. One game has squares that convert to 5', another has feet in multiples of 5 that convert to squares. The difference is meaningless on a rational level, non-existent on a mathematical level, but on a subjective personal level, could be meaningful. It's still /no support at all/. So, sure, if that's all you need, you have it, in every edition of D&D - since they all used feet, one way or another. Smacks of conspiracy theory - it's hard to credit WotC with a coordinated anything, let alone one rating a coupla 'very's. ;P But, it does also ring of the "Illusory Truth Effect." Repeat something often enough, and even if still obviously false, it becomes more familiar and less implausible. Plus, if it's not some fiendish plot, you have to give them credit for trying. [/QUOTE]

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