@alnair It's because Gygax thought the scimitar was close enough to a sickle (and at the time there wasn't a sickle in 1st edition). It's been retained since exclusively out of tradition, with them n… (View Post)

RoV isn't really overpowered at all.....IA not doing what it's supposed to is what breaks RoV (All IA is supposed to do is reduce the cast time of 9th level and lower spells by 6 to a minimum of 1, f… (View Post)

In LoL there are some characters with a dodge chance.....your AC is your dodge chance (functionally anyway...technically any AC attributed to your armor/shield is a non-damaging glancing blow)...noth… (View Post)

Meh...VII was just V+VI with some modern-ish sci-fi and early 3D/FMV thrown in (which 5 handling it's "Aerith moment" far better then 7 could ever dream of). (View Post)

You have no idea what you're talking about. Simply put. Even taking into a account more frequent battles then in PnP...it doesn't matter. The reason you don't do a lot of battles in PnP is cause they… (View Post)