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<blockquote data-quote="Otterscrubber" data-source="post: 4292264" data-attributes="member: 4588">Verisimilitude is defined as the appearance of truth, it has nothing whatsoever to do with internal consistency in a game where anything is possible.&nbsp; Let me address this in two of your points.&nbsp; #1. 4e HP are far, far more truthful appearing that a guy who gets hit with 20 arrows.&nbsp; Does that make any kind of sense?&nbsp; Call it abstraction, but I'd call it the only way to explain it with anything even vaguely approaching the verisimilitude you seem to be looking for.&nbsp; #5&nbsp; Merchants buy low and sell high.&nbsp; Usually they can do this because they have a credible method of providing items to customer via established distribution methods that require a lot of time and effort in their lives (if you're looking for an explanation with some verisimilitude to it) and deal in bulk or highly specialized items dealing with highly specialized clients who don't deal with people they don't know.&nbsp; Why would a PC who does not have a business, or a business reputation, or a distribution network be able to offload any valuable items anywhere near top value at the drop of a hat?&nbsp; That's simply not the way business works, at least if you're looking for verisimilitude .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Otterscrubber, post: 4292264, member: 4588"] Verisimilitude is defined as the appearance of truth, it has nothing whatsoever to do with internal consistency in a game where anything is possible. Let me address this in two of your points. #1. 4e HP are far, far more truthful appearing that a guy who gets hit with 20 arrows. Does that make any kind of sense? Call it abstraction, but I'd call it the only way to explain it with anything even vaguely approaching the verisimilitude you seem to be looking for. #5 Merchants buy low and sell high. Usually they can do this because they have a credible method of providing items to customer via established distribution methods that require a lot of time and effort in their lives (if you're looking for an explanation with some verisimilitude to it) and deal in bulk or highly specialized items dealing with highly specialized clients who don't deal with people they don't know. Why would a PC who does not have a business, or a business reputation, or a distribution network be able to offload any valuable items anywhere near top value at the drop of a hat? That's simply not the way business works, at least if you're looking for verisimilitude . [/QUOTE]

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