Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1515612-20150321053354/@comment-2045351-20150324013345

Here's something to consider Zane, would you consider a book a weapon? Therefore falling under the category Powers/Weapons? I think it's contradictory to place a physical item such as a sword or any "weapon" under a list that includes powers. Sure, powers can be used as a weapon, but so can anything. It's a slippery slope to include Powers under the weapons category simply through that convention. For what real purpose is having a combined category in which both halves of the side aren't mutually inclusive? (I.e, a sword is not considered a power, yet still falls under the same category as super powers.)  And on the other hand, some powers aren't used as weapons, such as the ability to make peace with somebody or the ability to read peoples' minds. If you begin to make exceptions by saying that the ability to read somebody's mind is a weapon, then where do you draw the line? It's much easier and more factually relevant to have separate categories for the two, as they are two separate things, which is incredibly self evident as why there are two words separated by a "/" rather than being a single word/concept.