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ItsUncertainWho said:
Tenebrae said:
This may be an artifact of language, but in several places I see the expression
"One *item type* of common availibility or better."
Now I assume that means common availability or more eaily available? Because simply everyone I've shown it to have instantly gone "Oh, great, I'll have a melta then!" with various degrees of mirth. The "better" part appears to refer to the item, not the availability.
Would a change of words be possible, please?
This a pure failure of basic reading comprehension on the part of those you have shown apparently.
"Common availability or better" has one meaning: things commonly available or those things that are more easily/readily available. Something that is more rare than common does not have better availability.
Would you agree that in general, items that are more rare tend to be better?
ie. a meltagun is generally more useful than a laspistol, despite what the Uplifting Primer might say?
Because then the meltagun can be perfectly well argued to be "common or better availability".
Everyone I showed the expsrrion to understood what was mean - and made jokes about how poorly chosen the phrasing was.
Andor wrote:
>Oh I see your point of confusion.
>No, if you double up on aptitudes, in the way you describe you get to select another aptitude of your choice from the set of 9 aptitudes that share the name >of a characteristic.
>So your Specialist doubles up on the Agility aptitude, you can't have the same aptitude twice so he selects another. He could choose Toughness (for >example) but not Offense, because Offense is does not share a name with a characteristic. It could be put a little better, but I think most groups will figure it >out.
>It's possible to have up to two bonus aptitudes, but each character only gets two of the non-characteristic aptitudes. Except for Ratlings for some reason. >Those little bastards are OP.
D'oh! OK, I *finally* get it. Thanks, Andor. Sorry to waste everyone's time.
"Eradico Pravus!" Vindikator Warcry
Availability and item quality are two separate and different things altogether.
Tenebrae said:
Would you agree that in general, items that are more rare tend to be better?
ie. a meltagun is generally more useful than a laspistol, despite what the Uplifting Primer might say?
Are less available items better? Usually.
Is a less available item easier to get a hold of? No.
Tenebrae said:
Because then the meltagun can be perfectly well argued to be "common or better availability".
Everyone I showed the expsrrion to understood what was mean - and made jokes about how poorly chosen the phrasing was.
No, it can't. You seem to still be confusing item quality and item availability.
Common or better availability = Better availability than a common item = Easier to find than a common item
If a car is an item of common availability, dirt is of better availability than a car.
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