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<blockquote data-quote="Paradoxish" data-source="post: 655554" data-attributes="member: 9623">If this were real life, I guess it'd be more heroic for me to run at a guy with a gun knowing that I might die. I don't find it particularly heroic, exciting, or interesting when that guy guns me down instantly, though. D&amp;D is supposed to allow for epic, heroic, fantasy style combats. That means wading into a sea of Orcs, cutting through them like butter, and coming out bloody and beaten, but victorious.D&amp;D is about standing toe-to-toe with that massive dragon and somehow surviving when he belches out a huge cone of flame at you, only to charge him and keep on fighitng.D&amp;D does what it's supposed to do just fine. If this combats aren't your style, then you really are missing the point, because D&amp;D obviously isn't for you. Either alter the system so it works the way you want it to or find a different system. Personally, D&amp;D allows for my kind of heroism.EDIT: By the way, if you have no chance of dying you really shouldn't blame the system - blame your DM. Like I said, one of my players died to a bunch of unlevelled kobolds while his PC was 3rd level. He died by rushing in to attack them.Find a better DM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paradoxish, post: 655554, member: 9623"] If this were real life, I guess it'd be more heroic for me to run at a guy with a gun knowing that I might die. I don't find it particularly heroic, exciting, or interesting when that guy guns me down instantly, though. D&D is supposed to allow for epic, heroic, fantasy style combats. That means wading into a sea of Orcs, cutting through them like butter, and coming out bloody and beaten, but victorious. D&D is about standing toe-to-toe with that massive dragon and somehow surviving when he belches out a huge cone of flame at you, only to charge him and keep on fighitng. D&D does what it's supposed to do just fine. If this combats aren't your style, then you really are missing the point, because D&D obviously isn't for you. Either alter the system so it works the way you want it to or find a different system. Personally, D&D allows for [i]my[/i] kind of heroism. EDIT: By the way, if you have no chance of dying you really shouldn't blame the system - blame your DM. Like I said, one of my players died to a bunch of unlevelled kobolds while his PC was 3rd level. He died by rushing in to attack them. Find a better DM. [/QUOTE]

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