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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8312594" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>"An equation is balanced when the same number of each element is represented on the reactant and product sides. Equations must be balanced to accurately reflect the law of conservation of matter." </p><p></p><p>So the sides have precisely equal numbers of each element.</p><p></p><p>When you balance a checkbook, you make sure that the amount paid is precisely equal to the amount taken out of your bank account. </p><p></p><p>And yet both sides must have precisely equal weight or it's not balanced.</p><p></p><p>And you still end up with precisely equal numbers on both sides</p><p></p><p>Every last example you provided involves things being precisely equal in some manner. Unlike classes in any edition of the game. None of the examples you gave indicate that balance = a range, because "a range" is not balanced.</p><p></p><p>I'm not, though. I'm insisting that it means what it means..................balanced. A range is not balanced. A range can only be an acceptable or unacceptable amount of imbalance. </p><p></p><p>Balanced in an RPG simply means that they've gotten the range of imbalance close enough that you think it's good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8312594, member: 23751"] "An equation is balanced when the same number of each element is represented on the reactant and product sides. Equations must be balanced to accurately reflect the law of conservation of matter." So the sides have precisely equal numbers of each element. When you balance a checkbook, you make sure that the amount paid is precisely equal to the amount taken out of your bank account. And yet both sides must have precisely equal weight or it's not balanced. And you still end up with precisely equal numbers on both sides Every last example you provided involves things being precisely equal in some manner. Unlike classes in any edition of the game. None of the examples you gave indicate that balance = a range, because "a range" is not balanced. I'm not, though. I'm insisting that it means what it means..................balanced. A range is not balanced. A range can only be an acceptable or unacceptable amount of imbalance. Balanced in an RPG simply means that they've gotten the range of imbalance close enough that you think it's good. [/QUOTE]
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