Arbitrary
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- Discussed and deconstructed in The Dresden Files short story "Day Off", where Harry complains about the arbitrary diameter of a fireball spell while gaming with the Alphas.
Source: Area of Effect - Arbitrary Maximum Range: In all the battles, but most noticably during the battle in Saturn orbit it is mentioned that the short-mid range weapons all have ranges.
Source: Literature / The Fight For Home -
Arbitrary Maximum Range: It's fairly short even by video game standards, and can be very annoying to sniper-type players who could easily make the shot in certain other games.
Source: Video Game / Fallout 3
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