Voss at [unixtime wrote:1195231380[/unixtime]]Meh. So they reject Aristotle's view of the world in favor of something else. So what?
But that particular aspect isn't exactly unique to Aristotle. I'm fairly certain there isn't a worldview that supports the concept of A/=A. I'm almost thinking it might be something similar to the concept given in the end of Evangelion...or perhaps the reverse?
In regards to the whole concept of the Hide skill and its representation, I can see the idea of just letting it work, but I know many are against the idea of virtual invisibility. Auto-killing with hide is probably even more reliable than using flight, especially since see invisibility and true seeing does nothing to stop you. Not only are brutes & animals & vermin removed as threats, but so is virtually every monster that doesn't have ungodly Spot or blindsight/tremorsense, and even they have to stay indoors all the time because of the longbow.
Also, why the hell would you snipe? The rules for hide already state it's a -20 to hide while attacking, but the moment you call it 'sniping', it suddenly makes your move actions catch on fire? Barring the crap from sniping, a properly specialized dual-wielding rogue can cast 'flesh to fountain of gore' as a full-round action all the time once he gets blur and fights things without ranks in Spot (which is a large number).