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<blockquote data-quote="cordell" data-source="post: 1963198" data-attributes="member: 21399"><p>The only "proof" that all effects of the Compulsion subschool are part of the Enchantment school is not in the rulebooks, because it's in the English language. Ok, go to dictionary.com and type in "Sub-". Here are some possibilities:</p><p></p><p>A) Informal, see "submarine".</p><p>B) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese </p><p>C) Subordinate portion of : subdivision of <subchapter> <subcommittee></p><p></p><p>Now, granted, I have cherry-picked only a few of the possibilities. However, if you read over ALL the defintions, the only one which makes any sense is akin to my option C, above.</p><p></p><p>Compulsion is sub-school of Enchantment, meaning that it is a subordinate portion of the school of Enchantment. Things which are subdivisions or subordinate portions of one thing cannot also be subdivisions or subordinate portions of another thing. At least, not while speaking English. Simply speaking, a "subschool" is a subdivision of a "school". There are many subschools and many schools, but as soon as you *name* the subschool as part of a school, it can only be a part of that *particular* school.</p><p></p><p>Sure, it doesn't say that anywhere in the rules. However, it also doesn't say that the word "the" always refers to a definite noun and the word "a/an" refers to an indefinite noun, but the writers have to assume that you know English - and in English, "the" is always definite article and "a/an" is always an indefinite article.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cordell, post: 1963198, member: 21399"] The only "proof" that all effects of the Compulsion subschool are part of the Enchantment school is not in the rulebooks, because it's in the English language. Ok, go to dictionary.com and type in "Sub-". Here are some possibilities: A) Informal, see "submarine". B) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese C) Subordinate portion of : subdivision of <subchapter> <subcommittee> Now, granted, I have cherry-picked only a few of the possibilities. However, if you read over ALL the defintions, the only one which makes any sense is akin to my option C, above. Compulsion is sub-school of Enchantment, meaning that it is a subordinate portion of the school of Enchantment. Things which are subdivisions or subordinate portions of one thing cannot also be subdivisions or subordinate portions of another thing. At least, not while speaking English. Simply speaking, a "subschool" is a subdivision of a "school". There are many subschools and many schools, but as soon as you *name* the subschool as part of a school, it can only be a part of that *particular* school. Sure, it doesn't say that anywhere in the rules. However, it also doesn't say that the word "the" always refers to a definite noun and the word "a/an" refers to an indefinite noun, but the writers have to assume that you know English - and in English, "the" is always definite article and "a/an" is always an indefinite article. [/QUOTE]
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