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The only one that SOUNDS relevant is Physique, but you could argue that the 'chase' function of 'hunt' should include jumping, or that the 'hazardous travel' of 'ranging' applies. But let's keep it easy and say Physique applies. How about Minstrelsy? There's no jumping involved in gymnastics? How a...

So you're telling me you think that making a crit 600% more likely while only increasing the to-hit chance by 42% is a good thing? Not sold. I wasn't trying to sell you on it. The point is, I have this option. I happen to like it. But more to the point, it's something you missed because you were ru...

Barbarians of Lemuria (and Honor + Intrigue) solve this in a much more elegant way; having careers and allowing players to explain how their career would be relevant. Ehh... That's pretty much how LA works. "The player may suggest the applicability of a specific Ability, but the LM, as always,...

There's a lot of 'GMs will use their common sense' in place of clear guidance. I think I covered that. It's not an accurate assessment of what's going on in LA. I wouldn't have gotten into the game if it didn't provide a solid structure for play, as this was my main peeve about rules-lite games up ...

I'm not sure that showing that the math works the same as a completely different game is helpful in trying to get people to play this game rather than the one that it apparently emulates. I was not showing you the math works the same as a completely different game. The point is that the probabiliti...

I talked about Chivalry before, and there were a number of abilities that were associated with it (like siege craft). If Chivalry is your 'highest rated skill', it is at 100% of your relevant attribute (Health). But if it is NOT your highest attribute, it is less than 100% of your Health Base Ratin...

If you could POTENTIALLY take any spell from 1st to 9th level AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE RELATIVE BENEFITS OF EACH, that's impossible without significant play experience. And yet I and every single person I played with did exactly that before having any significant play experience. We were all ne...

While I believe that the reviewer is correct about how the game works, I disagree with certain elements. For example, spell choices take longer than other equipment choices. If you choose to learn a spell, you could learn any spell . There's not a page of 'short descriptions' that says 'Zap counter...