Re: Ability advancement

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_...>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:49:41 +0100 (BST)

Ryan writes:

> A note to
> those who will deride me as a "rules lawyer" and say that good GMs
> will somehow prevent this: I think of myself rather as a "rules bug
> identifier" -- the rules as written allow, and indeed the resolution
> mechanics earnestly encourage, this sort of behavior, which I regard
> as undesirable in the extreme; therefore I would suggest that the
> rules be changed to make this sort of powergaming less attractive, so
> as not to force GMs to work to prevent this abuse.

It's a sad commentary on the state of this list that such "caveats" are necessary. But a correct one, in my experience.

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