mrtomsmith
First Post
Celebrim said:It's not even the ability to abuse the rule that bothers me. It's that the consequence of the rule is to imply that the square grid is a real feature of the game universe. It implies that in the real game universe, there is a fixed north-south(?) grid which confines everyone's actions.
So grid diagonals bother you, but the grid squares themselves don't? In this D&D-literal world you imagine, everyone always moves in discrete increments of 5', and always stops perfectly in the center of a universal grid square when they stop. It's impossible to inch forward, as the smallest increment of movement is 5 feet. Dancing must be challenging. If you extend your foot forward and slowly bring it down, are you teleported forward, or just pulled against your will?
And all movement must occur within a universally-constant 'turn', which is always about as long as it takes to swing a sword. There must be no mobile insects or similarly sized animals in this world, since they wouldn't be able to cross five feet within this time span. Snails are completely stationary, and ants cannot gather food effectively and all die. Which also means no anteaters, small birds, or similar creatures, and basically destroys the whole food chain. Thus proving that D&D cannot exist.