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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8530253" data-attributes="member: 6701124">I would agree that the game certainly isn't aiming to be a simulation (see hit points) or for realism (see dragons), as is plainly stated in the first six sentences below.&nbsp; (Were they particularly seeking contrast with wargaming?). But I would argue that verisimilitude (the appearance of being real or true within itself) is still a thing - see the final sentence in the first quote and the various things fiddly rules everywhere in 1e.-----Random things I stumbled across and put here because I found them interesting:On the limits on abilities, I found this... interesting(?).&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;You will find no pretentious dictums herein, no baseless limits arbitrarily placed on female strength or male charisma...&quot;&nbsp; G.G. 1e PhB pg 6See pages 61 and 82 of the DMG for more on why simulation doesn't fit with hit points and the like.&quot;[T]here isn't a hint of a spell point system whose record keeping would warm the heart of a monomaniacal statistics lover[.]&quot; - G.G. 1e PhB pg. 6</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8530253, member: 6701124"] I would agree that the game certainly isn't aiming to be a simulation (see hit points) or for realism (see dragons), as is plainly stated in the first six sentences below. (Were they particularly seeking contrast with wargaming?). But I would argue that verisimilitude (the appearance of being real or true within itself) is still a thing - see the final sentence in the first quote and the various things fiddly rules everywhere in 1e. ----- Random things I stumbled across and put here because I found them interesting: On the limits on abilities, I found this... interesting(?). "You will find no pretentious dictums herein, no baseless limits arbitrarily placed on female strength or male charisma..." G.G. 1e PhB pg 6 See pages 61 and 82 of the DMG for more on why simulation doesn't fit with hit points and the like. "[T]here isn't a hint of a spell point system whose record keeping would warm the heart of a monomaniacal statistics lover[.]" - G.G. 1e PhB pg. 6 [/QUOTE]

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