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<blockquote data-quote="Sekhmet" data-source="post: 5451277" data-attributes="member: 97602">It shouldn't.&nbsp;Beard on fire is aesthetic damage, very much like using a magic marker and drawing a mustache on a sleeping person. Should drawing a mustache on a sleeping person qualify for 10d6 SA CDG attacks?&nbsp;Makes no sense is the only argument that really matters in a fantasy game. If you can imagine it, and you can see it happen, there is no reason that you should not try to find a way to make it happen. &nbsp;When you imagine something like this and you can't see it work,&nbsp; you move on to the next idea, otherwise it separates the game from any semblance of reality. Why not allow people to make their Jump check to cross an ocean? Or over a canyon the long way? Why not let people squeeze through a hole that is two inches across when the largest of their bones is three times the size? &nbsp;It makes no sense, and I encourage players to use common sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;Balance isn't the issue. The rogue is better off using a longbow at 30' with elemental arrows/enhancement qualities, and that is a permanent solution instead of a temporary one.&nbsp;If the Rogue can polymorph into a tiny/diminutive creature, let him go through the hole. A two inch hole is too small for any of the major bones to pass through, regardless of your skill at Houdini-ing.&nbsp;A perfectly smooth wall or ceiling is possible to climb through exorbitant use of surface tension. Spiders do it all the time. Walking on water is another exorbitant use of surface tension, but still physically possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sekhmet, post: 5451277, member: 97602"] It shouldn't. Beard on fire is aesthetic damage, very much like using a magic marker and drawing a mustache on a sleeping person. Should drawing a mustache on a sleeping person qualify for 10d6 SA CDG attacks? Makes no sense is the only argument that really matters in a fantasy game. If you can imagine it, and you can see it happen, there is no reason that you should not try to find a way to make it happen. When you imagine something like this and you can't see it work, you move on to the next idea, otherwise it separates the game from any semblance of reality. Why not allow people to make their Jump check to cross an ocean? Or over a canyon the long way? Why not let people squeeze through a hole that is two inches across when the largest of their bones is three times the size? It makes no sense, and I encourage players to use common sense. Balance isn't the issue. The rogue is better off using a longbow at 30' with elemental arrows/enhancement qualities, and that is a permanent solution instead of a temporary one. If the Rogue can polymorph into a tiny/diminutive creature, let him go through the hole. A two inch hole is too small for any of the major bones to pass through, regardless of your skill at Houdini-ing. A perfectly smooth wall or ceiling is possible to climb through exorbitant use of surface tension. Spiders do it all the time. Walking on water is another exorbitant use of surface tension, but still physically possible. [/QUOTE]

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