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Old 12-04-2017, 11:08 AM   #29
whswhs
 
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Default Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Bestial

I think this may be a case for following Wittgenstein's advice, "Don't ask for the meaning; look at the use." That is, instead of focusing on how to parse the text, see how Bestial is applied in the rules. In particular, I note that the Wild Animal meta-trait includes it but the Domesticated Animal doesn't. It can't be a matter of a dog or a horse understanding human concepts of property and contracts and the like. If you can define what it is that a dog does in relation to human societies and a wolf fails to do, you have some idea what this trait is about.
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