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 Let's get this out of the way now.
Author: Kevin Mowery (---.73.31)
Date:   05-01-2000 14:43

I horked this off of Mark Hughes' webpage. I'm posting it here.

The Top 10 AD&D Excuses For Bad Rules
by Joshua Macy
For any rule you're talking about, the rule isn't bad because:
10. Most characters wouldn't want to do/be X, so it makes sense that no characters can.
9. It's fantasy; it's not supposed to make sense.
8. It's just being true to some unspecified source material.
7. You can pretend it's more detailed than it is.
6. You can buy Player's Option book X, which fixes it.
5. The game designers didn't mean for you to apply it as written.
4. Every other system has bad rules, too.
3. The system sells better than any other system.
2. Lots of people have fun playing the game.

and the number one reason that the AD&D rule in question isn't bad:

1. You can change it if you don't like it.

Want to defend xD&D's rules? Come up with something new.
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 Let's get this out of the way now.  
Kevin Mowery 05-01-2000 14:43 
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Kevin Mowery 05-01-2000 18:19 
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Kenneth Gauck 05-01-2000 18:26 
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Kevin Mowery 05-01-2000 18:38 
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Kenneth Gauck 05-01-2000 19:01 
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Evan Waters 05-02-2000 12:13 
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Elton Robb 05-10-2000 00:19 
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Clay 10-04-2002 16:13 
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Marion Poliquin 05-03-2000 17:34 
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Kevin Mowery 05-03-2000 22:21 
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Marion Poliquin 05-06-2000 17:24 
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Uccisore 06-18-2002 22:38 
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Evan Waters 05-09-2000 18:52 
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Nightshade 05-29-2002 10:04 
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Uccisore 06-18-2002 22:39 
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Larry D. Hols 05-05-2000 18:43 
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Uccisore 06-18-2002 23:10 
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Michael 06-29-2003 09:28 
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Walter Wayne 05-09-2000 14:30 
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