Tom has said before he doesn't like philosophy based religions in SMA
This is precisely the kind of rule BattleMaster needs. It will definitely need more judgement than many of the rules, and probably cause some complaining and flamewars (but then, what rule doesn't?), but I think it's absolutely the right way to go.
Its a terrible rule and just further sacrifices roleplay for mechanics. There simply isn't enough and never will be enough buttons to make that rule not damage rp
