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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2506388" data-attributes="member: 1656">Let's say we have a character, Bob the Unfortunate.&nbsp; Bob is a 5th level barbarian, with 50 hit points.&nbsp; He has fallen into several hundred 30-foot pit traps in the last six months.&nbsp; And his evaluation is that &quot;It hurts, but only as much as getting tagged by a mook orc with a greataxe.&nbsp; I've had worse.&quot;Now, Ned the Knife-Thrower has been hit by a mook orc with a greataxe on several occasions, and lived to tell about it.&nbsp; After hearing Bob's story (and having witnessed Bob fall down several of these pit traps first-hand), why should Ned think he risks being killed or breaking bones falling only twenty feet?The rules define the physics of the world.&nbsp; The physics of world say that an experienced adventurer can easily survive a twenty foot drop, and there are thousands of historical accounts of experienced adventurers doing exactly that.&nbsp; Not an occasional freak Guinness-worthy accident, but an easily observable, repeatable phenomenon.If thousands of adventurers have fallen down holes and walked away with a Cure Moderate Wounds worth of bruises, what does Ned have to be afraid of?-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 2506388, member: 1656"] Let's say we have a character, Bob the Unfortunate. Bob is a 5th level barbarian, with 50 hit points. He has fallen into several hundred 30-foot pit traps in the last six months. And his evaluation is that "It hurts, but only as much as getting tagged by a mook orc with a greataxe. I've had worse." Now, Ned the Knife-Thrower has been hit by a mook orc with a greataxe on several occasions, and lived to tell about it. After hearing Bob's story (and having witnessed Bob fall down several of these pit traps first-hand), why should Ned think he risks being killed or breaking bones falling only [i]twenty[/i] feet? The rules define the physics of the world. The physics of world say that an experienced adventurer can easily survive a twenty foot drop, [i]and there are thousands of historical accounts of experienced adventurers doing exactly that[/i]. Not an occasional freak Guinness-worthy accident, but an easily observable, repeatable phenomenon. If thousands of adventurers have fallen down holes and walked away with a Cure Moderate Wounds worth of bruises, what does Ned have to be afraid of? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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