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That's all fine. Except that nobody is trying very hard to suspend my disbelief. The prevailing argument seems to be something along the lines of "it's fantasy so anything is possible" (which is so open-ended as to be useless to me) or "I'm inspired by a character in a dream logic myth" (which...

Die Myths, Die! Something that needs to be said about myths. They are very, very inconsistent. They often have a weird sort of dream logic. For example, Thor lifting the cat's paw which happens to be Jörmungandr, the World Serpent. So a super-colossal sea serpent that encircles Midgard is also...

Yes, just like it is for Bild91 and numerous other D&D players for the last several decades. (In action movies, the protagonists get away with a lot). Sure, but the sumtotal is so incohesive, it leads to long discussions/debates like this one, which makes it a confusing and rather useless...

This reminds me of the scene in Indiana Jones where one gunshot kills the swordsman dead. The swordsman did have a few good sword tricks though.

I'm sure it would be very frustrating and disheartening to perceive that DMs and game designers are actively punishing players by restricting fighters from hill cutting and chasm leaping. The way I see it is that verisimilitude (not realism per se) already has a baseline or reference point --...

Yes, that why I wrote in the quote you referenced that I was including both supernatural and extraordinary in the same category of "supernatural". As in literally, super-natural. Still natural to that fantasy world, but superbly so, like Superman. As I wrote in the post you referenced, I believe...

Yes, I wonder if it's worth differentiating that Geoff is a supernatural weapon, instead of a magic weapon. Also, I think magic in magic weapons and armor could be organic and malleable at critical periods, and still comply with fantasy tropes. Say an arcane ironsmith forges a magic blade...

I think there is a good reason to differentiate "supernatural" from "magic". Being supernatural informs other aspects of your nature and behavior. If you can smash an ogre dead with a thrown hammer, you're presumably exceptionally strong at arm wrestling too. If you strike your foes unerringly...

Let's be careful about our comparisons, no? A high level D&D fighter probably could take on a lot of 0-level or minionized humans with the jawbone of an ass. But can that same fighter kill a dragon with a jawbone? If yes, could he have killed the same dragon more easily if he had a legendary...

I'm not that familiar with conan stories, so asking as devil's advocate, what exactly is Crom's gift to Conan at birth: you are effectively immortal, as long as you're fighting your enemies, even if you don't know it? Does Conan know that? Does Conan ignore armor half (?) the time because it...

Technically, Conan does operate on destiny. He is destined to survive through so many trials and tribulations because Robert E Howard wanted him to. Excalibur was destined to be with Arthur because the storyteller wanted it to happen. The only difference is that destiny is translocated as...

Is magical equipment important in Conan? For example, Conan doesn't even wear armor and he's fine and he doesn't seem to want to put on armor as if armor would cramp his style. Just asking because I'm not too familiar with sword and sorcery, and it seems to be the opposite of D&D's fetish for...

Not to put words in your mouth, but perhaps like Excalibur was destined to be used by King Arthur; perhaps the sword wasn't legendary because it wasn't magic per se, rather it was fated to be used by a certain person for a certain time.

This probably works best on a campaign-specific basis, but I'd suggest that magic is unnatural, an abberation. Destiny is what happens when events unfold naturally. Magic "cheats" by circumventing the natural order. A true hero earns a place of higher fate/destiny according to the will of the...