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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 9645830" data-attributes="member: 19270">Oh I actually did this, inspired from a Knights of the Dinner Table comic spoof (wherein the party finds enough of a &quot;paper trail&quot; to suggest their quarry had the runs, and it ends up the bad guy quarry was using a stolen spell book as toilet paper.) Just like one would expect, they were incensed when they caught up to the guy. Caveat: you'd be denigrating those who took a spellcasting class. There's a few things casters can do that no one else can. If you read any form of Dragonlance's Test of the Twins and knew how Raistlin reacted to his brutish brother suddenly being able to cast magic like it was nothing, no sacrifice needed, you'd get how insulting it might be. Jumping into other boots, imagine the 8-Strength wizard being able to, multiple times per day, grab a 2-handed sword and critically hit (if they make a skill check). When asked to explain how the hell that works, the wizard shrugs, &quot;Oh, guess I just had it in me all along. It's no big deal. I don't even work out and I've never actually spent any time holding a sword. Heck, I don't even know how much they weigh. Even so, isn't it cool that I'm doing something you spent years training to do? I mean really...I spent literally 0 minutes learning to use a sword, but now I'm as cool as you are. Sucks that you took all those Fighter levels, huh?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 9645830, member: 19270"] Oh I actually did this, inspired from a [I]Knights of the Dinner Table [/I]comic spoof (wherein the party finds enough of a "paper trail" to suggest their quarry had the runs, and it ends up the bad guy quarry was using a stolen spell book as toilet paper.) Just like one would expect, they were incensed when they caught up to the guy. [B]Caveat: [/B]you'd be denigrating those who took a spellcasting class. There's a few things casters can do that no one else can. If you read any form of Dragonlance's[I] Test of the Twins [/I]and knew how Raistlin reacted to his brutish brother suddenly being able to cast magic like it was nothing, no sacrifice needed, you'd get how insulting it might be. Jumping into other boots, imagine the 8-Strength wizard being able to, multiple times per day, grab a 2-handed sword and critically hit (if they make a skill check). When asked to explain how the hell that works, the wizard shrugs, [I]"Oh, guess I just had it in me all along. It's no big deal. I don't even work out and I've never actually spent any time holding a sword. Heck, I don't even know how much they weigh. Even so, isn't it cool that I'm doing something you spent years training to do? I mean really...I spent literally 0 minutes learning to use a sword, but now I'm as cool as you are. Sucks that you took all those Fighter levels, huh?"[/I] [/QUOTE]

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