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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leugren" data-source="post: 3966839" data-attributes="member: 44754">Yet another example of why it never pays to choose a character with a martial power source!  When you choose a martial power source, people have this irresistible compulsion to invoke "real-world logic" as a nerf-bat against you.  The same people who cry "foul" as they watch you attempt to sneak attack a gelatinous cube never even bat an eye when the party wizard effortlessly warps the entire fabric of time and space to obliterate a horde of howling demons.  Don't be fooled by the hype; rogues and other martial types will always be the shackled runners of D&D, even in 4e, thanks to the so-called "verisimilitude" nerf-bat that is constantly invoked against them!DM: "Sorry, Regdar, I just don't see how it would be at all possible for you to jump more than 4 or 5 feet in full plate; I don't care what the rules say!  You therefore fall into the crevasse and plummet 600 feet to your death... And Lidda, there's just no way you could use that improved evasion ability out in the open like that with nothing to hide behind, so the red dragon fries you to a crisp with his breath weapon."Wizard: "I've gotta agree with the DM on this one, guys; it just wouldn't be realistic. While they're dying, I gesticulate wildly and mutter a string of non-sensical words.  This temporarily grants me the ability to fly like Mary Poppins.  I use this ability to glide effortlessly across the crevasse, waving at the fluffy pink cloud myconids as I float on by..."</blockquote>

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