Post originally by Loz at 2003-08-05 13:37:28
Converted from Phorums BB System

In intend this to be my last posting on this subject!

<<Move should be within brackets. What I mean is that you use strengh to change something external.

"use of muscle to achieve various effects"

But those effects are applied to an object. >>

That's an incredibly narrow and unrealistic way of quantifying strength - even in a roleplaying game. The effects of strength aren't just applied to external objects - which is implicit in your statement - strength needs to be applied to the body in order to achieve motion, maintain it, and resist the effects of fatigue. Any athlete will tell you this. To boil strength down to how much you can push/pull/lift is an incredibly short-sighted perception of what strength means.

I maintain: to have the Jump and Swim skills as Strength-affected skills is perfectly acceptable. Every bit as acceptable as having them as Dexterity skills.

I shall now shut up!