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<blockquote data-quote="HoboGod" data-source="post: 5251745" data-attributes="member: 90920"><p>That's because the tree is strong enough to take the damage. If we're talking real world physics, then newton's third law of motion tells us that whenever a body exerts force on another body, the second body exerts the same amount of force upon the first body. I can't say that DnD physics pair up to real world physics (which in fact they don't, or falling damage would be a hell of a lot more lethal), but if they did, a falling tree could not deal 20d6 damage without receiving 20d6 damage. In all reality, larger creatures SHOULD receive more damage than smaller creatures from a fall. Ever stun an insect and watch it fall to the ground from a height which would make a watermelon crack and break into a gooy mess but the insect gets up and flies off? Watermelon isn't structurally too different from your typical house fly, but there's no question about which could endure greater force.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="HoboGod, post: 5251745, member: 90920"] That's because the tree is strong enough to take the damage. If we're talking real world physics, then newton's third law of motion tells us that whenever a body exerts force on another body, the second body exerts the same amount of force upon the first body. I can't say that DnD physics pair up to real world physics (which in fact they don't, or falling damage would be a hell of a lot more lethal), but if they did, a falling tree could not deal 20d6 damage without receiving 20d6 damage. In all reality, larger creatures SHOULD receive more damage than smaller creatures from a fall. Ever stun an insect and watch it fall to the ground from a height which would make a watermelon crack and break into a gooy mess but the insect gets up and flies off? Watermelon isn't structurally too different from your typical house fly, but there's no question about which could endure greater force. [/QUOTE]

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