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Old 03-01-2004, 07:48 PM   #28
Jazuela
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I just have to comment on the "I have a high agility" thing..

That is no more IC than saying "Only 20 more pages of my manual before I can train again!"

or (when referring to netlag)

"Oh this weather is horrible."

People don't "have agility" it's not a "thing" that a person possesses. It's a quantitative attribute. Everyone -has- agility. Some people are less agile than others, some more, but unless you're catatonic, your limbs can be moved (whether by your own muscles or someone else moving them for you).

"I am very agile" would express it ICly. "I have a high agility" is just..silly.

And if people are more likely to express it that way, rather than using the numbers given to them, why bother giving them the numbers at all? Why not just have in your "stats" : You are very agile.

or

Your agility is about average. Or.. You are not very agile. Or.. Your agility is absolutely incredible.

Give them a PHRASE they can RP off of, rather than a number they have to hide when making up some explanation of their abilities/weaknesses.
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