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<blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 1206907" data-attributes="member: 354">I would contend that, common sense aside, not saying you need something is saying it isn't needed.For example: While a computer doesn't state it needs a source of power (duh), it damn well better state if it needs 220 power, because in America, that just isn't what you think of when you think of a computer.And it gets worse if you DO say things it needs.For example, if I buy a cake mix, and it says on the box I need eggs and water... But then I get home, and I need salt and vanilla extract... I would feel just as lied to. And if I didn't have those things, I am just as screwed as not having the other books I need to use something. By not saying I needed them, it as much as said I didn't need them. It doesn't need to say, for example, &quot;need an oven&quot;... That's just common sense. Likewise, the DnD books don't need to say &quot;Requires light to read by&quot; or anything. But there is a line where the implication of not needing something by virtue of not saying you need it is valid... and I feel this book was well beyond that line.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tsyr, post: 1206907, member: 354"] I would contend that, common sense aside, not saying you need something is saying it isn't needed. For example: While a computer doesn't state it needs a source of power (duh), it damn well better state if it needs 220 power, because in America, that just isn't what you think of when you think of a computer. And it gets worse if you DO say things it needs. For example, if I buy a cake mix, and it says on the box I need eggs and water... But then I get home, and I need salt and vanilla extract... I would feel just as lied to. And if I didn't have those things, I am just as screwed as not having the other books I need to use something. By not saying I needed them, it as much as said I didn't need them. It doesn't need to say, for example, "need an oven"... That's just common sense. Likewise, the DnD books don't need to say "Requires light to read by" or anything. But there is a line where the implication of not needing something by virtue of not saying you need it is valid... and I feel this book was well beyond that line. [/QUOTE]

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