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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 4863268" data-attributes="member: 3887">Sure. My group does. Can != should (as Doug already pointed out). Why do you say that? I hear people saying 'in most cases a 4e DM should allow stated power effects to occur'. I don't see anyone saying 'a DM can never use his judgment to override a power's stated effect'. The 'push' is a result. It's caused by whatever the the fighter does to make the opponent step back. It could be described --reasonably, I might add-- as stabbing the giant in the foot, whacking it so as to unbalance it, thrusting a spear upward in the direction of it's giant privates.It's not hard to imagine how this would work.Also, on the subject of plausibility... a man with a sword fighting a giant strains credulity from the start. Why doesn't a creature that strong and massive bat the poor man around like a rag doll? If you can believe the man stands any chance at all going toe-to-toe with a giant, then what's the difficultly in envisioning how said man can make said giant take a step back? Say by stabbing it in the foot. (see how easy this is?)BTW, I do agree with you that the issue is best seen it terms of expectations.In this case what made sense to the DM doesn't really make sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 4863268, member: 3887"] Sure. My group does. Can != should (as Doug already pointed out). Why do you say that? I hear people saying 'in most cases a 4e DM should allow stated power effects to occur'. I don't see anyone saying 'a DM can never use his judgment to override a power's stated effect'. The 'push' is a [i]result[/i]. It's caused by whatever the the fighter does to make the opponent step back. It could be described --reasonably, I might add-- as stabbing the giant in the foot, whacking it so as to unbalance it, thrusting a spear upward in the direction of it's giant privates. It's not hard to imagine how this would work. Also, on the subject of plausibility... a man with a sword fighting a giant strains credulity from the start. Why doesn't a creature that strong and massive bat the poor man around like a rag doll? If you can believe the man stands any chance at all going toe-to-toe with a giant, then what's the difficultly in envisioning how said man can make said giant take a step back? Say by stabbing it in the foot. (see how easy this is?) BTW, I do agree with you that the issue is best seen it terms of expectations. In this case what made sense to the DM doesn't really make sense. [/QUOTE]

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