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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4046620" data-attributes="member: 2067">I do believe you get it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For me, the stronger implication, rather than physics, is that by having a rule, the game expects you to use it for all situations that rule covers, not just for the situations that the PC's are involved in. In my mind, this is out of DM/Player fairness and improves my immersion, both. This implies that the rules are the physics, because every time it happens, the rule comes into effect (unless the rule is changed). The kind of self-conscious metagame distinction between heroic PC's and heroic NPC's doesn't exist for me, and if I was forced to realize it, I wouldn't enjoy the game as much. Chalk it up to acting, knowing that even though I'm playing a role, the role doesn't know that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> For me, the "heroic luck" in the game world is vaguely quantifiable in-character. If you can cast fireball, chances are good that a lone goblin with a knife won't kill you. This is regardless of if you're a PC or NPC -- people who possess such skill are greater than most mortals, and they need similarly heroic enemies to challenge them, not goblins with knives. Such a character can be flippant and showcase bravado to the goblin with the knife, and still expect to come out ahead, secure in their arrogance, humiliating the creature with their heroic ability. This creates a very satisfying, evocative implied setting for me. I'm pretty sure a D&D game wherein my character is just absurdly lucky wouldn't be to my tastes, but that's just my high demands for the game. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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