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Why did they change the Keen rule and not the property?
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<blockquote data-quote="Camarath" data-source="post: 1002272" data-attributes="member: 11987"><p>Why not just change the Keen ability to allow the wielder to use the weapon as if he had the Improved Critical Feat? </p><p></p><p>That would seem to me to be the a simpler and more elegant solution than changing the critical threat range stacking rule. They would not stack if they were (basicly) the same thing. The result would be the same with out changing the rules. </p><p></p><p>It would be easier to customize your game. If you wanted stacking you could use the 3.0 Keen, if you didn't you could use the 3.5, and if you wanted some fun you could use both. </p><p></p><p>It seems very heavy handed to me to change the stated rules when you could just change the property that made the rules necessary. Now we have characters which can look exactly the same on paper but function vastly different depending on which 3rd edition rule set you use. </p><p></p><p>IMO if you changed the function of Keen the difference would be easier to remember and explain. So why didn't they do this when it would cause less discontinuity and greater transparency between the rule sets?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Camarath, post: 1002272, member: 11987"] Why not just change the Keen ability to allow the wielder to use the weapon as if he had the Improved Critical Feat? That would seem to me to be the a simpler and more elegant solution than changing the critical threat range stacking rule. They would not stack if they were (basicly) the same thing. The result would be the same with out changing the rules. It would be easier to customize your game. If you wanted stacking you could use the 3.0 Keen, if you didn't you could use the 3.5, and if you wanted some fun you could use both. It seems very heavy handed to me to change the stated rules when you could just change the property that made the rules necessary. Now we have characters which can look exactly the same on paper but function vastly different depending on which 3rd edition rule set you use. IMO if you changed the function of Keen the difference would be easier to remember and explain. So why didn't they do this when it would cause less discontinuity and greater transparency between the rule sets? [/QUOTE]
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