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<blockquote data-quote="n00b f00" data-source="post: 6629516" data-attributes="member: 6795700">I agree, damage in the game is simpler. If the PCs did such an experiment they would see that they could kill the average orc 6 seconds faster if they were hammering, in a way that was fairly conclusive when removed from the heat of battle(otherwise anecdotally, they wouldn't be sure). Which of course most PCs won't do, and even if they did that's still largely an abstraction of combat. Like a 5 by 5 grid, I imagine the characters are generally aware of how much room they have, but don't know it is a 5 by 5 foot square for all small and medium humanoids. In the same way we would might try to abstract out the difference in a modern game between a .308 and a 5.56. We might make the .308 do more slightly more damage. Are the PCs going to come to the conclusion that all the armies and characters that used 5.56 weaponry are insane imbeciles with a death wish who are begging to get everyone around them killed? Would the players accept that as a quirk of the mechanics, the setting as written is not played in a min maxed mechanically? Can the PCs see your character sheet, and know that you are proficient with an assault rifle AND a battle rifle? Is fighters being proficient with all weapons a matter of physics? If not, how do they know that because I'm a career soldier that I know how to use everything? Aren't there plenty of career soldiers who have trained with a very limited arsenal? Could you lie and say you only know how to use one? If you couldn't lie, then why not?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n00b f00, post: 6629516, member: 6795700"] I agree, damage in the game is simpler. If the PCs did such an experiment they would see that they could kill the average orc 6 seconds faster if they were hammering, in a way that was fairly conclusive when removed from the heat of battle(otherwise anecdotally, they wouldn't be sure). Which of course most PCs won't do, and even if they did that's still largely an abstraction of combat. Like a 5 by 5 grid, I imagine the characters are generally aware of how much room they have, but don't know it is a 5 by 5 foot square for all small and medium humanoids. In the same way we would might try to abstract out the difference in a modern game between a .308 and a 5.56. We might make the .308 do more slightly more damage. Are the PCs going to come to the conclusion that all the armies and characters that used 5.56 weaponry are insane imbeciles with a death wish who are begging to get everyone around them killed? Would the players accept that as a quirk of the mechanics, the setting as written is not played in a min maxed mechanically? Can the PCs see your character sheet, and know that you are proficient with an assault rifle AND a battle rifle? Is fighters being proficient with all weapons a matter of physics? If not, how do they know that because I'm a career soldier that I know how to use everything? Aren't there plenty of career soldiers who have trained with a very limited arsenal? Could you lie and say you only know how to use one? If you couldn't lie, then why not? [/QUOTE]

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