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<blockquote data-quote="turnip" data-source="post: 5365212" data-attributes="member: 95779"><p>No, that doesn't compute in my head. The things that the M1 Abrams does were impossible 50 years ago, and are powered by the height of engineering and technology. If you want to compare a high-tech mechanical dragon construct, that's cool. A living beast doesn't compare. </p><p>And even with a tank...the reason that they don't utilize them that much anymore is <em>because they still aren't very agile</em>. That is why the government spends it's money on light armored vehicles instead of main battle tanks. I would not be surprised to find that the M1 is the last MBT our country produces. (It's like a battleship...they are, for their size, very maneuverable and fast, but smaller ships just are harder to hit with those big guns, and their size makes them easy missile/bomb targets.) In WWII, tanks were terrifying...until you outmaneuvered them and got behind before they could see you/swivel the turret and fire. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that a dragon wouldn't be agile. I would only imagine it would be <em>very</em> agile as a predatory beast with a counter-balancing tail and warm-blooded nature..but it would be <em>relative to its size</em>. </p><p></p><p>I feel that stats are arbitrarily inflated. 18 should be incredibly high for a humanoid; 30 is ridiculous. I'd house-rule that stuff out; whatever happened to the adventurer of myth and legend, the Frodo and Bilbo and Taran and Arthur etc...normal people with something extraordinary about them that is only revealed after they are thrust way in over their heads. </p><p>The way D&D is in 4e feels like a bunch of Supermen strutting about. It's not hard to fight crime if you are bullet-proof...</p><p></p><p>So I just house-rule and make roleplaying and skill challenges and altered monsters and whatnot the norm. It feels more...heroic to me. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>IMHO</u></strong>, of course. <em>All</em> this is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turnip, post: 5365212, member: 95779"] No, that doesn't compute in my head. The things that the M1 Abrams does were impossible 50 years ago, and are powered by the height of engineering and technology. If you want to compare a high-tech mechanical dragon construct, that's cool. A living beast doesn't compare. And even with a tank...the reason that they don't utilize them that much anymore is [i]because they still aren't very agile[/i]. That is why the government spends it's money on light armored vehicles instead of main battle tanks. I would not be surprised to find that the M1 is the last MBT our country produces. (It's like a battleship...they are, for their size, very maneuverable and fast, but smaller ships just are harder to hit with those big guns, and their size makes them easy missile/bomb targets.) In WWII, tanks were terrifying...until you outmaneuvered them and got behind before they could see you/swivel the turret and fire. I'm not saying that a dragon wouldn't be agile. I would only imagine it would be [i]very[/i] agile as a predatory beast with a counter-balancing tail and warm-blooded nature..but it would be [i]relative to its size[/i]. I feel that stats are arbitrarily inflated. 18 should be incredibly high for a humanoid; 30 is ridiculous. I'd house-rule that stuff out; whatever happened to the adventurer of myth and legend, the Frodo and Bilbo and Taran and Arthur etc...normal people with something extraordinary about them that is only revealed after they are thrust way in over their heads. The way D&D is in 4e feels like a bunch of Supermen strutting about. It's not hard to fight crime if you are bullet-proof... So I just house-rule and make roleplaying and skill challenges and altered monsters and whatnot the norm. It feels more...heroic to me. [b][u]IMHO[/u][/b][u][/u], of course. [i]All[/i] this is. [/QUOTE]
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