Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#42): Double-Jointed, Flexibility
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Originally Posted by simply Nathan
The name change is pretty easy - being fully double-jointed is a real thing that makes you quite flexible, but it seems reasonable to be more flexible than an average person without being full-on double-jointed.
And, once they had that decision, it was easier to declare the high level version to be double-jointed, rather than having "realistic" double-jointed be +3 and invent a +1 or +2 version for less extreme flexibility (like a perk named "Limber" or something) as that would require making a new name for the highest level.
Plainly, "Flexible" doesn't sound as extreme as "Double-Jointed" does. It'd be like calling Unfazeable "Bravery" while leaving "Fearlessness" as the +1 to resist fear.
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Interesting. I'd make almost the exact same argument in favor of going the 3e route, with the added bonus of avoiding some confused 3e players. I wonder if it is just the difference of local language usage and or experience. A lot of folks are at least a little double-jointed (myself included), but only those that really work at it will be referred to as "flexible". In fact, because of my personal life experiences, if a weaker version of this series of traits were added, I'd favor that being called "Double-Jointed", and a new term created for one of the two more advanced versions.
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