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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5874650" data-attributes="member: 22779">And yet, and yet, none of the heroes ever thinks twice about diving into these situations.  They never balk at jumping off the bridge, they never stop at the door of the airplane and say, "Bugger that!"So, it's roleplay.  You know that Bond jumping out of the airplane is going to survive, yet, we're all at the edge of the seat waiting to see how he survives.  It's not the results that makes it interesting, it's how they get there.Really?  By L15, the wizard, by himself, can level a city.  The fighter can likely decimate a small army all on his own.  Given the presumed wealth of that fighter (in any edition - after all, in AD&D, about 75% of his xp came from gold and treasure, which includes magical goodies), he's pretty much invincible.  Hit only on a 20, likely regenerating, probably lots of damage resistance, he can stand in the middle of an army, and quite possibly win.Sure, you always hit on a 20, but, if I've got DR 10/Magic, the army isn't hurting me at all.  It might take me all afternoon, but, faced with the army of Gondor, I'm going to munch my way through Pac-Man style.Of course, let's not forget that the fighter is the WEAKEST of the 15th level characters.  Any of the casters isn't even breaking a sweat to obliterate armies.</blockquote>