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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9335286" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Because "planning" is too vague. What do you mean by that? </p><p></p><p>Do you mean planning as in "Oh, I'm going to pack a crowbar, just in case"? That isn't supernatural. That isn't even an ability. That is just packing what you might need. I do that on every character. </p><p></p><p>Do you mean planning as in "Oh, we need a crowbar, of course my character would have predicted that need, and so I am going to retcon that I was carrying a crowbar all this time"? Well... that gets fuzzy. The action in the reality of the story would be that you packed the crowbar, but from the player perspective, you didn't pack it, it just appeared in your pack. This is the meta-currency</p><p></p><p>Do you mean planning as in "Oh, this door needs forced open, well, of course my character predicted that and has his automatic door opener 3000 which can list any size door through the application of hydraulics fit into a tiny palm-sized cube!" Well... at that point you are approaching supernatural. That isn't even a thing that existed in the world until you needed it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's why I dropped it. My own "Batman's planning is supernatural" came when pointing out that Batman has created a secondary personality, hidden in his mind, to react and control his thoughts and body, if under mental attack. That action of creating a second mind inside your brain is supernatural to me. Planning isn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have not asked for magic AT ALL. There is no conspiracy to push for magic. Supernatural and magic are two different things as far as I'm concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9335286, member: 6801228"] Because "planning" is too vague. What do you mean by that? Do you mean planning as in "Oh, I'm going to pack a crowbar, just in case"? That isn't supernatural. That isn't even an ability. That is just packing what you might need. I do that on every character. Do you mean planning as in "Oh, we need a crowbar, of course my character would have predicted that need, and so I am going to retcon that I was carrying a crowbar all this time"? Well... that gets fuzzy. The action in the reality of the story would be that you packed the crowbar, but from the player perspective, you didn't pack it, it just appeared in your pack. This is the meta-currency Do you mean planning as in "Oh, this door needs forced open, well, of course my character predicted that and has his automatic door opener 3000 which can list any size door through the application of hydraulics fit into a tiny palm-sized cube!" Well... at that point you are approaching supernatural. That isn't even a thing that existed in the world until you needed it. That's why I dropped it. My own "Batman's planning is supernatural" came when pointing out that Batman has created a secondary personality, hidden in his mind, to react and control his thoughts and body, if under mental attack. That action of creating a second mind inside your brain is supernatural to me. Planning isn't. I have not asked for magic AT ALL. There is no conspiracy to push for magic. Supernatural and magic are two different things as far as I'm concerned. [/QUOTE]
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