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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3584056" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>As "under controlled conditions" is a tiny subset of "all events that happen in this reality", and yet is the basis of our understanding of physics.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then, I would say, the RAU are that PCs cannot insta-kill but NPCS can, excepting that said NPC is attacking a PC. Part of the underlying reality of that world. But, look at your example here:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Imagine now that the PCs want to get some idea of how tough the NPCs are on the basis of their deeds. Normally, you could tell that if someone was slaying ancient red dragons, they were pretty tough. Suddenly, the PCs cannot tell anything about anyone on the basis of what they were capable of yesterday.</p><p></p><p>In effect, you have told the players that they do not have the means to create an accurate predictive model on the basis of the RAW. But this doesn't mean that you are not using RAU. You just aren't telling the players specifically <em>why</em> X can do Y. "Because I feel like it" is still RAU.</p><p></p><p>As I said, it is nearly tautological.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And you can bet that when those same PCs hear that Bob the Innkeeper took out an ogre by himself, they are estimating his prowess using the RAW as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, you are basically saying, if you don't look at it, it isn't there?</p><p></p><p>Example: If you dropped a pencil and it just floated in midair for 20 minutes, then turned into a marshmallow and forced itself into your mouth, would it indicate to you that there was something wrong with your previous model of the universe, or would you shrug and say "sometimes those things happen"?</p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3584056, member: 18280"] As "under controlled conditions" is a tiny subset of "all events that happen in this reality", and yet is the basis of our understanding of physics. Then, I would say, the RAU are that PCs cannot insta-kill but NPCS can, excepting that said NPC is attacking a PC. Part of the underlying reality of that world. But, look at your example here: Imagine now that the PCs want to get some idea of how tough the NPCs are on the basis of their deeds. Normally, you could tell that if someone was slaying ancient red dragons, they were pretty tough. Suddenly, the PCs cannot tell anything about anyone on the basis of what they were capable of yesterday. In effect, you have told the players that they do not have the means to create an accurate predictive model on the basis of the RAW. But this doesn't mean that you are not using RAU. You just aren't telling the players specifically [i]why[/i] X can do Y. "Because I feel like it" is still RAU. As I said, it is nearly tautological. And you can bet that when those same PCs hear that Bob the Innkeeper took out an ogre by himself, they are estimating his prowess using the RAW as well. So, you are basically saying, if you don't look at it, it isn't there? Example: If you dropped a pencil and it just floated in midair for 20 minutes, then turned into a marshmallow and forced itself into your mouth, would it indicate to you that there was something wrong with your previous model of the universe, or would you shrug and say "sometimes those things happen"? RC [/QUOTE]
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