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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2418955" data-attributes="member: 141">I was betting that the HiPS talk was hyperbole; you might want to be more explicit about listing HiPS ability among the shifting sliver's special abilities.&nbsp; &quot;Practically&quot; usually means &quot;almost, but not quite.&quot;&nbsp; Saying something is practically immortal means that it is very difficult to kill, but that it is not actually immortal.&nbsp; Saying that someone is practically a doctor could mean that they are close to graduation from medical school, or are otherwise highly qualified.&nbsp; But you would not use &quot;practically a doctor&quot; for someone who *is* a doctor.&nbsp; Similarly you should not say that shifting slivers can practically hide in plain sight; it suggests that they while they are good at hiding, they technically don't have HiPS.Incidentally, their hide bonus of +12; they didn't actually spend any ranks in it?&nbsp; +10 from camouflage and +2 from dex, right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 2418955, member: 141"] I was betting that the HiPS talk was hyperbole; you might want to be more explicit about listing HiPS ability among the shifting sliver's special abilities. "Practically" usually means "almost, but not quite." Saying something is practically immortal means that it is very difficult to kill, but that it is not actually immortal. Saying that someone is practically a doctor could mean that they are close to graduation from medical school, or are otherwise highly qualified. But you would not use "practically a doctor" for someone who *is* a doctor. Similarly you should not say that shifting slivers can practically hide in plain sight; it suggests that they while they are good at hiding, they technically don't have HiPS. Incidentally, their hide bonus of +12; they didn't actually spend any ranks in it? +10 from camouflage and +2 from dex, right? [/QUOTE]

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