mikestrauss
Squire
After reading Robb's post about the new marshal policy, I wanted to raise a question.
Why should you be required to be a weapon's marshal in order to be a rules marshal?
For the life of me, I can't craft a decent weapon. I am simply piss poor at craftsmanship. I am firmly aware that I will never be a weapon's marshal, because I lack that skill. I am satisfied with that.
But, why should an inability to craft or judge the quality of a weapon in any way influence whether someone can understand and abjudicate the rules. These skills aren't even vaguely connected. My ability to recognize whether someone releases a spell before they finish an incant or which protective defends against which effects doesn't relate to my ability to cut and tape pipe materials.
Since marshals are receiving goblin stamps, it seems that the goal is to encourage more people to be marshals. If this is the case, I can't imagine why an arbitrary restriction reduces potentially qualified people from being rules marshals. My only guess is that weapons marshals are considered more important, but if this is the case, then a higher reward for anyone with weapon marshal skills would be appropriate.
I used myself as an example, but I am certain I am not the only one that this might apply to. I simply think the tiered policy makes no sense when the two types of marshals involve very different skills. Thoughts?
-MS
Why should you be required to be a weapon's marshal in order to be a rules marshal?
For the life of me, I can't craft a decent weapon. I am simply piss poor at craftsmanship. I am firmly aware that I will never be a weapon's marshal, because I lack that skill. I am satisfied with that.
But, why should an inability to craft or judge the quality of a weapon in any way influence whether someone can understand and abjudicate the rules. These skills aren't even vaguely connected. My ability to recognize whether someone releases a spell before they finish an incant or which protective defends against which effects doesn't relate to my ability to cut and tape pipe materials.
Since marshals are receiving goblin stamps, it seems that the goal is to encourage more people to be marshals. If this is the case, I can't imagine why an arbitrary restriction reduces potentially qualified people from being rules marshals. My only guess is that weapons marshals are considered more important, but if this is the case, then a higher reward for anyone with weapon marshal skills would be appropriate.
I used myself as an example, but I am certain I am not the only one that this might apply to. I simply think the tiered policy makes no sense when the two types of marshals involve very different skills. Thoughts?
-MS