Hairfoot
First Post
Why is it that every time a poll is posted on ENworld, the poster doesn't give options which explain my attitude perfectly, couched in the exact terms I would have used? Is it so hard for a complete stranger, on the other side of the world, interested in a broad perspective on a question regarding RPGs, to write poll options exactly as I would like them?
Sometimes we see options like "should the whip's range be reduced to 10'?". The result of such a poll will be badly skewed, because the pollster should have included an option of "should the whip's range be reduced to 10' if wielded by a fifth-level half-elf Eberronese bard in combat with 3 green slimes, 10 orcs, and a baatezu in a ruined mage's tower?"
For an accurate result, a poll should include every conceivable option, worded exactly the way I would state it if I were asked that specific question, and as if it really mattered.
For example: "Is it evil to slaughter helpless baby orphans in their cots in exchange for stolen cash? Yes/no"?
Two options clearly aren't enough to get a decent perspective on the question. If the pollster knew what he was doing, there would be 7,428 poll options, including my opinion: "not if it's done by a paladin of a good god, but not a good god of death or war, just like the paladin named Sartorius in the homebrew campaign I played nine years ago but he got an XP bonus for good RP so it's okay".
I hate to be harsh, but if you can't read my mind, don't post polls at ENworld.
Sometimes we see options like "should the whip's range be reduced to 10'?". The result of such a poll will be badly skewed, because the pollster should have included an option of "should the whip's range be reduced to 10' if wielded by a fifth-level half-elf Eberronese bard in combat with 3 green slimes, 10 orcs, and a baatezu in a ruined mage's tower?"
For an accurate result, a poll should include every conceivable option, worded exactly the way I would state it if I were asked that specific question, and as if it really mattered.
For example: "Is it evil to slaughter helpless baby orphans in their cots in exchange for stolen cash? Yes/no"?
Two options clearly aren't enough to get a decent perspective on the question. If the pollster knew what he was doing, there would be 7,428 poll options, including my opinion: "not if it's done by a paladin of a good god, but not a good god of death or war, just like the paladin named Sartorius in the homebrew campaign I played nine years ago but he got an XP bonus for good RP so it's okay".
I hate to be harsh, but if you can't read my mind, don't post polls at ENworld.
