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<blockquote data-quote="WingOver" data-source="post: 1538529" data-attributes="member: 13911">It just occurred to me that it's a lot easier and faster to design rules that are interpreted by humans than by software.&nbsp; (No duh, I know.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )&nbsp; But I was going to reply to your new subsystems point by saying the software can be updated to use any new variant rule.&nbsp; But the human mind can parse a few sentences and understand rule variants in a matter of seconds, but it takes weeks or months to update software to handle the same (unless it had an extremely flexible design), thereby limiting the usefulness of software.&nbsp;I don't agree with this point.&nbsp; I would happily use software that supported 100% of the SRD correctly.&nbsp; The core rules contain the majority of the D20 system after all.&nbsp; I could create a Lycanthrope Medusa Wizard villain with prepared spells adjusted for metamagic feats.&nbsp; That would make me very happy.And if I could add other items (prestige classes, spells, feats, etc) that used rules supported by the SRD, this would go a long way toward supporting my campaign overall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WingOver, post: 1538529, member: 13911"] It just occurred to me that it's a lot easier and faster to design rules that are interpreted by humans than by software. (No duh, I know. ;) ) But I was going to reply to your new subsystems point by saying the software can be updated to use any new variant rule. But the human mind can parse a few sentences and understand rule variants in a matter of seconds, but it takes weeks or months to update software to handle the same (unless it had an extremely flexible design), thereby limiting the usefulness of software. I don't agree with this point. I would happily use software that supported 100% of the SRD correctly. The core rules contain the majority of the D20 system after all. I could create a Lycanthrope Medusa Wizard villain with prepared spells adjusted for metamagic feats. That would make me very happy. And if I could add other items (prestige classes, spells, feats, etc) that used rules supported by the SRD, this would go a long way toward supporting my campaign overall. [/QUOTE]

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