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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7990922" data-attributes="member: 6799649"><p>Really?</p><p></p><p>At the end of an episode, Batman gets pushed out of a plane at 1000 feet. The action freezes while the announcer says, "Will Batman survive the fall? Will The Riddler get away with his dastardly plan? Tune in next week! Same bat time, same bat channel!"</p><p></p><p>....and YOU think that the viewer <em>expects</em> the next episode to begin, <em>whooooo....ker<em>splat!</em></em></p><p></p><p>Announcer: "....well, Bat fans, the show is ending sooner than expected...! Still, at least it was realistic, right? I mean, realism is what you're here for. Right? <em>Right?"</em></p><p></p><p>We <em>know</em> that high level D&D characters can do stuff that mere mortals would find fatal, and we know this because the rules result in high level PCs doing what they do and surviving the experience. Not just survive falls, but Mess With Knowledge Man Was Not Meant To Know! High level characters can create new planes of existence! Raise the dead! <em>Wish</em> for whatever they want!</p><p></p><p>And you think all that is okay, but surviving a fall is fall is unrealistic?</p><p></p><p>Player: My wizard is going to cast <em>Demiplane.</em></p><p>DM: Why?</p><p>Player: ...Huh?</p><p>DM: What's your wizards <em>motivation?</em></p><p>Player: Er, just because he can, and he wants to use up his spell slots before his long rest.</p><p>DM: Right, such a <em>clearly</em> suicidal action means the gods take your luck away and you die from the planar energies. You are gaming the system by casting a spell just to use up spell slots.</p><p></p><p>Sounds stupid? Replace 'wizard' with 'fighter' and 'spell slots' with 'hit points' and that's the way one side of this debate would rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7990922, member: 6799649"] Really? At the end of an episode, Batman gets pushed out of a plane at 1000 feet. The action freezes while the announcer says, "Will Batman survive the fall? Will The Riddler get away with his dastardly plan? Tune in next week! Same bat time, same bat channel!" ....and YOU think that the viewer [I]expects[/I] the next episode to begin, [I]whooooo....ker[I]splat![/I][/I] Announcer: "....well, Bat fans, the show is ending sooner than expected...! Still, at least it was realistic, right? I mean, realism is what you're here for. Right? [I]Right?"[/I] We [I]know[/I] that high level D&D characters can do stuff that mere mortals would find fatal, and we know this because the rules result in high level PCs doing what they do and surviving the experience. Not just survive falls, but Mess With Knowledge Man Was Not Meant To Know! High level characters can create new planes of existence! Raise the dead! [I]Wish[/I] for whatever they want! And you think all that is okay, but surviving a fall is fall is unrealistic? Player: My wizard is going to cast [I]Demiplane.[/I] DM: Why? Player: ...Huh? DM: What's your wizards [I]motivation?[/I] Player: Er, just because he can, and he wants to use up his spell slots before his long rest. DM: Right, such a [I]clearly[/I] suicidal action means the gods take your luck away and you die from the planar energies. You are gaming the system by casting a spell just to use up spell slots. Sounds stupid? Replace 'wizard' with 'fighter' and 'spell slots' with 'hit points' and that's the way one side of this debate would rule. [/QUOTE]
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