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<blockquote data-quote="Imban" data-source="post: 4036311" data-attributes="member: 29206">After having thought about it for a day, I think the actual difference between myself and some other players on this thread are that, instead of treating &quot;game rules&quot; as &quot;physics&quot;, I treat high-level characters as superheroes because I see them as capable of superheroic feats, which the game rules tend to support. For me, 20th-level characters are all Superman and no Batman; guys who are just that darn tough.I prefer to take input from the rules when offscreen events happen as well, because I was never a fan of those comics where Spiderman beat up the amazingly more powerful Firelord with his bare hands (compare: 10th-level Monk vs. Fire Elemental Monolith), and since I think stories where the listed abilities of superheroes go straight out the window when convenient are crappy, I try to avoid telling stories I think are crappy.Actually it's not. Well, some people hate rulings on the fly, but they're missing one of the biggest advantages of D&amp;D. What I don't really like is previously established facts being negated because it's narratively convenient, or the standard &quot;bad crap happens and you can't affect it in any way&quot; video game cutscene.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imban, post: 4036311, member: 29206"] After having thought about it for a day, I think the actual difference between myself and some other players on this thread are that, instead of treating "game rules" as "physics", I treat high-level characters as superheroes because I see them as capable of superheroic feats, which the game rules tend to support. For me, 20th-level characters are all Superman and no Batman; guys who are just that darn tough. I prefer to take input from the rules when offscreen events happen as well, because I was never a fan of those comics where Spiderman beat up the amazingly more powerful Firelord with his bare hands (compare: 10th-level Monk vs. Fire Elemental Monolith), and since I think stories where the listed abilities of superheroes go straight out the window when convenient are crappy, I try to avoid telling stories I think are crappy. Actually it's not. Well, some people hate rulings on the fly, but they're missing one of the biggest advantages of D&D. What I don't really like is previously established facts being negated because it's narratively convenient, or the standard "bad crap happens and you can't affect it in any way" video game cutscene. [/QUOTE]

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