A purely personal comment, but I confess I do despair about some of these seemingly interminable exchanges of views on this and similar Glorantha/HQ lists. I think the respective points of view have been pretty well rehearsed. FWIW, I'm with Jeff in that setting down stats and the like can and does cause problems for _writers_ further down the line, and I have no problem with just making up an ability and number on the fly. Conversely, I can understand where Rob, Mikko, et al are coming from. But there seems to be little meeting of minds, here.
I appreciate that some people relish the back-and-forth. Maybe it's just Friday morning world-weariness, but this kind of thing turns me off and tarnishes the experience of engaging with Glorantha as a whole. But, to use Jeff K's frequent closer, maybe that's just me...
Mark
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