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Fred Brackin · 10-30-2010, 08:21 AM

[QUOTE=DreadPirateLynx;1070478]The problem I see is that if it was intended to adhere to Kromm's 3e ruling, then why wouldn't it have been made clear when 4e was published? The problem was obviously known since Kromm had to make an official ruling, and it wasn't a pure cut & paste job as the text changed slightly. The only options are that it was an intentional change, or that it was overlooked yet again. Even with the problems Magic has, I like to give SJG more credit than that.

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You probably shouldn't. Very few of the minor changes to Magic 4e appear to have been done for rules reasons. The only thing I can think of off-hand is the forbiddance of using Draw Power on Created Fuel.

The rest appear to have been made for mundane reasons of grammar and flow with virtually no consideration (or possibly understanding) of rules impact.

There was essentially no clean-up of known issues and some new issues relating to cost, effect and Size Modifier appear to have been introduced.

10-30-2010, 08:21 AM	#22
Fred Brackin Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: [Magic] Casting trought item with powerstone [QUOTE=DreadPirateLynx;1070478]The problem I see is that if it was intended to adhere to Kromm's 3e ruling, then why wouldn't it have been made clear when 4e was published? The problem was obviously known since Kromm had to make an official ruling, and it wasn't a pure cut & paste job as the text changed slightly. The only options are that it was an intentional change, or that it was overlooked yet again. Even with the problems Magic has, I like to give SJG more credit than that. [QUOTE] You probably shouldn't. Very few of the minor changes to Magic 4e appear to have been done for rules reasons. The only thing I can think of off-hand is the forbiddance of using Draw Power on Created Fuel. The rest appear to have been made for mundane reasons of grammar and flow with virtually no consideration (or possibly understanding) of rules impact. There was essentially no clean-up of known issues and some new issues relating to cost, effect and Size Modifier appear to have been introduced. __________________ Fred Brackin