Re: Re: magical vs.mundane resistance

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From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_...>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:36:28 +0000

Alex Ferguson wrote:
...
> The real point, surely, is that there are some situations in which
> 'Decapitate Foe' ought to be more effective than the generic 'hurting
> things ability' (and contrariwise, others in which it's less so, one
> assumes).

> I think this is broadly what Greg's 'it's just a 14
> resistance' is getting at, conceptually, but unfortunately I think
> it's awkward in practice to apply, as it leads to the
> previously-described "all or nothing at all" nature of this benefit.
> (Not to mention short trees being no easier to magically jump over
> than tall trees, and spirit trees being unaccountably touchy about
> being jumped over...)

...

Given that the idea was argued against, when first published (on this very list), yet II continued suggests that the rule IS what Greg intends. But I'm with you.