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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 9420181" data-attributes="member: 6914290">Sure some of them survived. But there is a pretty significant difference in the threat soldiers face on average, the support they have in facing it, and the significance of the soldiers' individual contributions to those battles.For example, being an armored (typically noble) knight on horseback is significantly different than being a serf on the front lines, where the knight may spend significantly less time in direct combat, that time in combat is typically with less well equipped and trained opponents, and there is a financial incentive to keep that knight alive for ransom. Contrast this with D&D where enemies can be as well or better equipped, or significantly stronger/possessing special abilities that reduce or negate the protective benefits of your armor. Where the ability to choose when and where combat occurs can be limited. Where there typically isn't a wall of peasant soldiers to take the hits for you until the enemy is worn out. And where the enemy often has no particular incentive to keep you alive.Like, sure a medieval knight does better, but D&D threats scale past 'human soldier'- level threats crazy fast. At level 1 you could reasonably expect to fight lions and bears in "light work" encounters. A "hard" encounter might have your 4-6 medieval knights squaring up against a 2-ton dinosaur (Allosaurus..CR 2). Like yeah, maybe with extreme outlier luck, and excellent tactics, someone makes it through the day, but it's not a bet I'd want to take.</blockquote>

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