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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8322143" data-attributes="member: 82106">I think if you asked the leaders of Chad and Sudan what they think of arbitrary lines drawn in the desert they would tell you that regardless of how much meaning they try to invest them with, at their core they are artificial distinctions which cause endless trouble! lol.Why is there a difference between a meta-currency and a random check? That seems like another arbitrary distinction. Well, [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] actually has pointed out a distinction, in that a die roll in response to a character saying "I hope I have a bit of rope" IS different from a player saying "I spend an equipment slot to pull a rope out of my pack." Yet at the same time the later hardly seems to be some monumental violation of actor stance. The action and motivation of the character was still in keeping with the player, an 'equipment point' (this is how DW does it) is just mere book-keeping, no different from Hit Points, which seem to be at least seen as a necessary evil. So either way, the distinction IMHO seems pretty arbitrary.Right, so then what would your argument be against a Wises check, BW style? There's no currency there at all! In fact I think the only constraints on the use of something like that are basically situational/fictional (IE if I'm an expert on plant life, I am not going to get much use out of a Wises check to know where emergency space suits are stored on an Imperial Battlecruiser).</blockquote>

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