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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5492041" data-attributes="member: 18280">No.&nbsp; That isn't relevant to my question.&nbsp; Perhaps I am wording my question poorly, or perhaps you are seeing a need to defend the edition that doesn't exist (at least, not to answer my question).&nbsp; I am sure that similar questions can be asked of any edition.1.&nbsp; We have a system that allows all kinds of wonky things to happen.&nbsp; 2.&nbsp; Those wonky things are not seen to be a problem in general.3.&nbsp; Something less wonky than those other things is brought up.4.&nbsp; Suddenly, &quot;no rational DM&quot; (who would presumably allow those more wonky things) would allow this less wonky thing.It's rather like having a 1st Ed DM who has no problem with commoners being killed by cats and squirrels (look up the stats!), but cannot accept the same commoners being killed by goblins or bugbears.The &quot;WTF? Meter&quot; starts to ping.Or, to paraphrase bganon, within the context of the system itself, I'm still trying to figure out what's so absurd about the jumping example.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5492041, member: 18280"] No. That isn't relevant to my question. Perhaps I am wording my question poorly, or perhaps you are seeing a need to defend the edition that doesn't exist (at least, not to answer my question). I am sure that similar questions can be asked of any edition. 1. We have a system that allows all kinds of wonky things to happen. 2. Those wonky things are not seen to be a problem in general. 3. Something less wonky than those other things is brought up. 4. Suddenly, "no rational DM" (who would presumably allow those more wonky things) would allow this less wonky thing. It's rather like having a 1st Ed DM who has no problem with commoners being killed by cats and squirrels (look up the stats!), but cannot accept the same commoners being killed by goblins or bugbears. The "WTF? Meter" starts to ping. Or, to paraphrase bganon, within the context of the system itself, I'm still trying to figure out what's so absurd about the jumping example. RC [/QUOTE]

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