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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9328778" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>If it's in their background, 100%.</p><p></p><p>If it's up to the GM only, it depends on how much the GM wants to stop the player from being cool and using their abilities.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe. It depends entirely on the character--and, of course, what the GM was like.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I, Faolyn, did not take a background that gives me an ability to call in favors. And I am far more of an introvert than the typical PC with a sailor background would likely be. Therefore, this comparison is pointless.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, actually, you just failed to understand what I was writing.</p><p></p><p>Mamba said <em>"so you agree that the sailor would not know any ship on the south sea when he ever only worked on the inland sea?"</em></p><p></p><p>I replied with <em>"Wouldn't it be more logical to say that the sailor wouldn't have <strong>worked </strong>on any ship in the south sea?" </em>and then went on to talk about famous ships and things along those lines. Things like "Oh, everyone has heard of the famous Imperial ship the <em>Squidsmoosher</em>!" I will admit I didn't outright say those words, but considering I talked about transmission of information via magic, so I <em>think</em> I was pretty clear.<em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You</em>, somehow, took that to mean specific <em>types </em>of ships, like longships versus cogs. The goalposts stayed in place; you just wandered off in a completely different direction.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Chili isn't a ship and the Sailor background doesn't say you only know about ships in a specific location. You decided to add that and then treat your own homebrew as Official Rules.</p><p></p><p>Or, to put in D&D terms, it would be like having a background that says "you know things about other countries so you can roll blah blah in order to yadda yadda" and <em>you </em>took it to mean "you know things about one other country that happens to be right next to yours because there's no possible way you would know anything about a country on the other side of the ocean," and then insisted that your interpretation was the only correct one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 9328778, member: 6915329"] If it's in their background, 100%. If it's up to the GM only, it depends on how much the GM wants to stop the player from being cool and using their abilities. Maybe. It depends entirely on the character--and, of course, what the GM was like. I, Faolyn, did not take a background that gives me an ability to call in favors. And I am far more of an introvert than the typical PC with a sailor background would likely be. Therefore, this comparison is pointless. No, actually, you just failed to understand what I was writing. Mamba said [I]"so you agree that the sailor would not know any ship on the south sea when he ever only worked on the inland sea?"[/I] I replied with [I]"Wouldn't it be more logical to say that the sailor wouldn't have [B]worked [/B]on any ship in the south sea?" [/I]and then went on to talk about famous ships and things along those lines. Things like "Oh, everyone has heard of the famous Imperial ship the [I]Squidsmoosher[/I]!"[I] [/I]I will admit I didn't outright say those words, but considering I talked about transmission of information via magic, so I [I]think[/I] I was pretty clear.[I] You[/I], somehow,[I] [/I]took that to mean specific [I]types [/I]of ships, like longships versus cogs. The goalposts stayed in place; you just wandered off in a completely different direction. Chili isn't a ship and the Sailor background doesn't say you only know about ships in a specific location. You decided to add that and then treat your own homebrew as Official Rules. Or, to put in D&D terms, it would be like having a background that says "you know things about other countries so you can roll blah blah in order to yadda yadda" and [I]you [/I]took it to mean "you know things about one other country that happens to be right next to yours because there's no possible way you would know anything about a country on the other side of the ocean," and then insisted that your interpretation was the only correct one. [/QUOTE]
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