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<blockquote data-quote="ferratus" data-source="post: 6048701" data-attributes="member: 55966"><p>Well, if you guys want to talk about strength, it isn't like strong people are less dextrous than weaklings either. I mean, if you were to stat out Bruce Lee, you wouldn't give him a low strength score just because he was lithe and quick. You might say that Andre the Giant is strong but not very agile simply because of his sheer size, but most men that are strong by training are also agile, simply because they've trained their muscles to respond. </p><p></p><p>If you are talking about men that have been trained for hand-to-hand melee combat, the number of strong men that would be skilled in weapon combat who aren't also dextrous would approach 0. So if you are going for realism, strength and dexterity for a fighter should be equally important, with a strong but not dextrous fighter having a hard blow but some heavy penalties to defense and attack, while a dextrous fighters with low strength well... don't really exist. Andre the Giant is stronger than Bruce Lee, but Bruce Lee is still stronger than average. Heck, people with high strength and high dexterity with a low con are are also almost non-existant. </p><p></p><p>The two types of D&D designers I curse the most are those who stand in the way of the silver standard and those who stand in the way of replacing AC with DR. After all, it isn't like armour makes you less likely to get hit... it just makes it less likely that you get damaged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ferratus, post: 6048701, member: 55966"] Well, if you guys want to talk about strength, it isn't like strong people are less dextrous than weaklings either. I mean, if you were to stat out Bruce Lee, you wouldn't give him a low strength score just because he was lithe and quick. You might say that Andre the Giant is strong but not very agile simply because of his sheer size, but most men that are strong by training are also agile, simply because they've trained their muscles to respond. If you are talking about men that have been trained for hand-to-hand melee combat, the number of strong men that would be skilled in weapon combat who aren't also dextrous would approach 0. So if you are going for realism, strength and dexterity for a fighter should be equally important, with a strong but not dextrous fighter having a hard blow but some heavy penalties to defense and attack, while a dextrous fighters with low strength well... don't really exist. Andre the Giant is stronger than Bruce Lee, but Bruce Lee is still stronger than average. Heck, people with high strength and high dexterity with a low con are are also almost non-existant. The two types of D&D designers I curse the most are those who stand in the way of the silver standard and those who stand in the way of replacing AC with DR. After all, it isn't like armour makes you less likely to get hit... it just makes it less likely that you get damaged. [/QUOTE]
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