It'd depend on the disability, but my issue is more that people act like the character would just be a normal person instead of a D&D hero with all the abilities that'd make it feasible to survive. Say, fighting in melee while blind would be basically suicide in real life, but in 5e you can just...
I didn't really have in mind using the real person as a statblock of character sheet, just their actual selves in the in-fiction fantasy world, without the game mechanics or superhuman abilities that allow the average D&D characters to perform feats that wouldn't normally be possible.
In terms...
Without game mechanics saying they can do it, or some explicit superhuman ability, yeah. It's pretty much what I figured, but would like to see what other people think.
My idea is less about the game mechanics, and more about what real people could accomplish there. You don't need to look at it in terms of HP, AC, etc, just the in-fiction reality of humans facing what the D&D characters normally would. A character can have the "level up" to increase their...
So, I started thinking about the title while reading a Reddit thread about adventurers with disabilities, many people there were claiming it was a ridiculous concept, since they couldn't possibly survive the dangers in dungeons and such. I initially thought it was silly argument, since in the...
Warrior with magic is a pretty common concept in fiction to emulate, it looks cool, and spells can be overpowered compared to the martial systems, so getting some can make your character far more effective.
Ironically, they can survive The Scroll of the Comet with around 165 HP, which I'd say is around tanking a small nuke considering the size of the crater (just in regards to the explosion, there'd still be the radiation to worry about, of course".