Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
Maybe, but I really prefer that it is.
D&D 5E The Magical Martial
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
That is frankly a stupid rule, proof to me of WotC 5e's radical oversimplification. It would never fly in my game.
WOTC is scared to explicitly make any claims on D&D beyond the 5 core assumptions needed to make base D&D make sense.
That's why I said post both Olympic and Fantasy records. Because WOTC would never choose.
MichaelSomething
Legend
Then what's the point of leveling then???
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
That's very often how it works though. People use technology because it gives them capabilities they wouldn't otherwise have or makes tasks much faster and/or easier. People use magic for exactly the same reasons.
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
Unless they are explicitly supernatural or have spells, yes, that's my take.
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
I'd be down with showing real world records. My favorite D&D-adjacent game explicitly uses that kind of information to set benchmarks. Up that verisimilitude!
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
You level into supernatural power, so once you cross that line you can do things beyond what a human can do.
This of course assuming you're not already playing a supernatural or spell-casting class (so just fighter and rogue for WorC stuff).
CreamCloud0
One day, I hope to actually play DnD.
i wonder how many people would ever actually notice if we just outright doubled all of the IRL records and didn't mention we were lying about those being 'regular human capabilities', i bet it would be more fun for DnD martials though.
Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
Not a fan of falsifying records personally. Pretty much defeats my purpose in using them as a base, and really against deception in game design in any case.
If you want your OCs to transcend human limits, just be clear about that in the book. I really don't see why that's so difficult. You still get to play the characters you want to play.
