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<blockquote data-quote="Arytiss" data-source="post: 5877291" data-attributes="member: 47811">The reason I stayed with/moved back to 3.5/Pathfinder can be summed up with an action I took in a game today.The party was being hit hard by a ghost. In desperation I decided to use my racial ability to cast Daylight on it, reasoning that if it was only able to appear at night this might work to banish it.I tried it. It worked.The reason it worked was not because the ability says &quot;banishes ghosts&quot;, but because of the implied freedom within the system to be able to use abilities in ways other than that which was the original intent.Yes, you can do it in 4e, but the implied freedom isn't the same. You have an ability. It deals damage, or grants a status effect. Many GM's who would feel free to respond positively to such uses of abilities in other systems feel restricted in 4e, and won't allow such uses unless the ability specifically allows it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arytiss, post: 5877291, member: 47811"] The reason I stayed with/moved back to 3.5/Pathfinder can be summed up with an action I took in a game today. The party was being hit hard by a ghost. In desperation I decided to use my racial ability to cast Daylight on it, reasoning that if it was only able to appear at night this might work to banish it. I tried it. It worked. The reason it worked was not because the ability says "banishes ghosts", but because of the implied freedom within the system to be able to use abilities in ways other than that which was the original intent. Yes, you can do it in 4e, but the implied freedom isn't the same. You have an ability. It deals damage, or grants a status effect. Many GM's who would feel free to respond positively to such uses of abilities in other systems feel restricted in 4e, and won't allow such uses unless the ability specifically allows it. [/QUOTE]

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