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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertliguori" data-source="post: 3879515" data-attributes="member: 47776">Well... no.  They're basing their character's perceptions based on the rules of the game universe.  The rules of the game (and thus, the universe) are quite explicit; people can reach a certain level of achievement and physical prowess which enables them to survive quick dips in lava through sheer toughness.  (That's what having 300+ hp means.)  One can learn this by observing barbarians doing this, without ever knowing how much damage immersion in lava actually deals.  One can simply ignore the ways the rules work in favor of making the D&D universe more similar to ours.  However, at the extreme high levels, characters cease to resemble normal humans in their limitations in more or less every way.D&D past about level 5 ceases to resemble what we know as reality.  Accept this, or play Iron Heroes instead.</blockquote>