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Why is the Vancian system still so popular?
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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 5893571" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>It doesn't matter if they are divine effects, it's exactly the same:</p><p></p><p>"Why can't you smite the second demon?"</p><p>"I can only smite once per day!"</p><p>"Why is that?"</p><p>"It's a divine power that can be used only once a day."</p><p>"But why only once a day? Your god doesn't want you killing more than one evil thing a day. Is he ok with you dying because you can't use it a second time? Maybe he isn't godly enough to be able to allow you to smite twice a day. Oh, you mean if you get more powerful, you'll be able to smite twice a day, so it isn't a limitation on the power of your god. So, you are just too tired then from using it once that you can't do it again? No? It's 24 hours regardless of how much rest you get. And it's generally measured by the 24 hour period of the world so that if you use 1 smite a minute before midnight you can use another 1 minute after midnight? That makes no sense at all.</p><p></p><p>And while we're at it, why when you pray for spells does your god only give you 3 of them? Shouldn't he give you as many as you want to better defeat your enemies? You aren't powerful enough to contain 4 spells? How do you become more powerful? BELIEVE harder? And you are able to believe harder by killing people?</p><p></p><p>I'm telling you, man, this makes no sense at all. At least the Wizard over there makes sense. He simply is too stupid to remember more than 3 spells at a time....but his memory gets better the more he kills people. On second thought, that doesn't make much sense either, does it?</p><p></p><p>Screw it, let's just kill some monsters."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 5893571, member: 5143"] It doesn't matter if they are divine effects, it's exactly the same: "Why can't you smite the second demon?" "I can only smite once per day!" "Why is that?" "It's a divine power that can be used only once a day." "But why only once a day? Your god doesn't want you killing more than one evil thing a day. Is he ok with you dying because you can't use it a second time? Maybe he isn't godly enough to be able to allow you to smite twice a day. Oh, you mean if you get more powerful, you'll be able to smite twice a day, so it isn't a limitation on the power of your god. So, you are just too tired then from using it once that you can't do it again? No? It's 24 hours regardless of how much rest you get. And it's generally measured by the 24 hour period of the world so that if you use 1 smite a minute before midnight you can use another 1 minute after midnight? That makes no sense at all. And while we're at it, why when you pray for spells does your god only give you 3 of them? Shouldn't he give you as many as you want to better defeat your enemies? You aren't powerful enough to contain 4 spells? How do you become more powerful? BELIEVE harder? And you are able to believe harder by killing people? I'm telling you, man, this makes no sense at all. At least the Wizard over there makes sense. He simply is too stupid to remember more than 3 spells at a time....but his memory gets better the more he kills people. On second thought, that doesn't make much sense either, does it? Screw it, let's just kill some monsters." [/QUOTE]
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