I've been following this conversation thread with interest, and I wonder, can we actually just ask Joe himself? Sam On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Timothy Pederick <pederick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm seeing a fair bit of (what appears to me to be) arguing at > cross-purposes. Since people said last time that my summary of the situation > was helpful, I shall venture to do another one. This time, I'll just lay out > the arguments that I think have been seriously proposed as people's > preferred way of playing. > > The "Joe Dever got it wrong" argument. > > All bonuses for having Grand Weaponmastery with Bow should be +5. > All instances of +3 (and that one ad hoc +4) should be changed. > > The "Grand Weaponmastery is intentionally worse" argument. > > The Grand Weaponmastery with Bow +3 is correct. > Ad hoc +4 and +5 bonuses replace this. > +3 and +4 are worse than a loyal reader's +5, so the loyal reader gets to > use their +5 at all times. > > The "Grand Weaponmastery is the same as Weaponmastery" argument. > > Grand Weaponmastery with Bow +3 is correct. > Ad hoc +4 and +5 bonuses replace this. > A loyal reader who got the Mentora +2 (which is a subtly different bonus) > can add that to Grand Weaponmastery, giving them a +5 (or ad hoc +6 or +7). > > Correct? > > -- > Tim Pederick > -- Postdoctoral Fellow Mathematics and Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sam-seaver/0/412/168 samseaver@xxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon