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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8606394" data-attributes="member: 22779">This perspective always baffles me.&nbsp; A simulation, in order to actually BE a simulation, has to tell you something about what it's simulating.&nbsp; In other words, if I make a computer simulation of a car in a wind tunnel, that simulation will tell me how air moves over that car.&nbsp; It might be a good or a bad simulation, that's not the point.&nbsp; The point is, in order for it to be a simulation of a car in a wind tunnel, it HAS to tell me how the air moves over the car.&nbsp; But nothing in D&amp;D does that.&nbsp; Nothing in D&amp;D answers the question of how.&nbsp; It barely answers what most of the time.&nbsp; If a character attacks a monster and hits for 5 points of damage, absolutely nothing in the system tells you anything about what just occured.&nbsp; Sure, you can make up some sort of narrative, but, any narrative you create is equally valid.&nbsp; The monster took 5 points of damage because it feels really bad about my poor swordsmanship is just as valid as I hit it with my sword.&nbsp; So, in what way is D&amp;D a simulation of anything?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8606394, member: 22779"] This perspective always baffles me. A simulation, in order to actually BE a simulation, has to tell you something about what it's simulating. In other words, if I make a computer simulation of a car in a wind tunnel, that simulation will tell me how air moves over that car. It might be a good or a bad simulation, that's not the point. The point is, in order for it to be a simulation of a car in a wind tunnel, it HAS to tell me how the air moves over the car. But nothing in D&D does that. Nothing in D&D answers the question of how. It barely answers what most of the time. If a character attacks a monster and hits for 5 points of damage, absolutely nothing in the system tells you anything about what just occured. Sure, you can make up some sort of narrative, but, any narrative you create is equally valid. The monster took 5 points of damage because it feels really bad about my poor swordsmanship is just as valid as I hit it with my sword. So, in what way is D&D a simulation of anything? [/QUOTE]

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