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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 1487344" data-attributes="member: 16760">No, and I propose that we just agree to disagree and leave it be.My original draft of this post included a rebuttal to some of your (rather remarkable, in my view) philosophical statements, but I've deleted that portion.  Honestly, I don't feel the need to justify a game out to that level.  It is a game set in a fictional world, and we treat it coherently and consistently, which is all that need be asked of fiction.(Do you argue with D&D campaigns for using the "Trap the Soul" spell, by the way?  I made no assertion that immaterial minds exist in reality.  I readily admit that I in fact do believe in the soul in real life - though not in full-blown Cartesian dualistic fashion - but that is not at issue here.  I asserted only that we have adopted that view for purposes of the game.  I confess I did unwisely try to "justify" the idea somewhat from real life, but I have come to my senses;  this is a game.)I do not think we have done anything worthy of being called "ludicrous", and I feel quite irked that you are tossing around that kind of insulting phrase.  If you feel that strongly (again, about a fictional story set in a fictional world in the context of a game), well, nobody is forcing you to read further.Blindsight and Penetration Vision.  I said it included Blindsight.  I didn't say that was the entirety of it.  Also, if you didn't notice, I don't happen to be playing D&D.  Blindsight in M&M includes ANY method of sensing in a mode equivalent to (colorblind) vision within a certain range.  Sonar, radar, "cosmic awareness", whatever.  I suggest you consult the rules of the relevant system before you make dismissive comments.I am not that picky, except maybe in certain moods.  So I suggest we stop discussing this.  I really do not find it very interesting or even relevant to the story I'm writing.  I don't come to ENWorld to discuss this sort of topic.  And honestly, just where are the strict, well-defined limits you crave in fantasy magic?To the extent you see *dramatic* dangers, I agree caution is needed.  But to the extent that your (rather specialized) taste rebels against the world SP and I play in, I think we've said about all that needs to be said.  We like it, and other people appear to also.  You are free not to like it.  Enough said.</blockquote>

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