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<blockquote data-quote="Arilyn" data-source="post: 7182844" data-attributes="member: 6816042">I believe this is his argument, yes. In real world, fine, I agree. But let's look at two examples using a hypothetical warrior named Tara.In real world Tara takes up the longsword. She is muscular enough to wield the weapon, but will never be as strong as the muscle-bound guy in her training class. However, Tara learns to use her agility to her best advantage to hit really accurately. She also incorporates some martial arts type moves to use her opponents' strength against them. She learns to hit hard and fast, but will never hit as hard as the stronger men, but doesn't need to because she is hitting hard enough to do terrible bleeding wounds.Now, let's look at Tara in DnD. She too is training with a longsword, but her accuracy is purely based on Str.&nbsp; Her dexterity, for some strange reason has nothing to do with her melee skill. She can never be as strong as her strongest male counterpoint, but what number can she reach realistically, since we are attempting realism in our game. 12? 14? 16? Also, in this world getting sliced by something sharp is not going to cause your opponent to bleed or even wince in pain. No, your opponent will be unaffected until he drops unconscious suddenly. Now poor Tara is at a bigger disadvantage than her real world counterpart. She can't rely on accurately hitting vulnerable spots, or getting a good first blow to cause her opponent to bleed. All she can rely on is her strength and a handful of manoeuvres that all the other fighters have too. So, in DnD restricting female strength is a bad idea. Game is too abstract to handle it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arilyn, post: 7182844, member: 6816042"] I believe this is his argument, yes. In real world, fine, I agree. But let's look at two examples using a hypothetical warrior named Tara. In real world Tara takes up the longsword. She is muscular enough to wield the weapon, but will never be as strong as the muscle-bound guy in her training class. However, Tara learns to use her agility to her best advantage to hit really accurately. She also incorporates some martial arts type moves to use her opponents' strength against them. She learns to hit hard and fast, but will never hit as hard as the stronger men, but doesn't need to because she is hitting hard enough to do terrible bleeding wounds. Now, let's look at Tara in DnD. She too is training with a longsword, but her accuracy is purely based on Str. Her dexterity, for some strange reason has nothing to do with her melee skill. She can never be as strong as her strongest male counterpoint, but what number can she reach realistically, since we are attempting realism in our game. 12? 14? 16? Also, in this world getting sliced by something sharp is not going to cause your opponent to bleed or even wince in pain. No, your opponent will be unaffected until he drops unconscious suddenly. Now poor Tara is at a bigger disadvantage than her real world counterpart. She can't rely on accurately hitting vulnerable spots, or getting a good first blow to cause her opponent to bleed. All she can rely on is her strength and a handful of manoeuvres that all the other fighters have too. So, in DnD restricting female strength is a bad idea. Game is too abstract to handle it. [/QUOTE]

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