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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7034872" data-source="post: 8584904">Oh, I see. Well, here I'll say two things, but I'm not madly emotionally invested in either of them:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I'm not confident it matters much. Relentless pursuit of verisimilitude in a game like D&amp;D is tantamount to demanding fried ice.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I'm not confident changing the mechanics to something less abstracted from the in-game physical combat injuries, etc. would be guaranteed an improvement. Make-believe only really works so long as we're willing to make believe, and especially in a fantasy setting like D&amp;D, that's going to involve a lot of stuff a lot hokier than mere HP-vs-meat concerns. Have you ever looked at one of those paintings that look like bunches of dots, but when you un-focus your eyes the right way they turn into these 3-D images? The trick to them is in not focusing too hard on the little dots, right? As I see it, D&amp;D works in a similar way.</li>
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[QUOTE="Guest 7034872, post: 8584904"] Oh, I see. Well, here I'll say two things, but I'm not madly emotionally invested in either of them: [LIST=1] [*]I'm not confident it matters much. Relentless pursuit of verisimilitude in a game like D&D is tantamount to demanding fried ice. [*]I'm not confident changing the mechanics to something less abstracted from the in-game physical combat injuries, etc. would be guaranteed an improvement. Make-believe only really works so long as we're willing to [I]make believe,[/I] and especially in a fantasy setting like D&D, that's going to involve a lot of stuff a lot hokier than mere HP-vs-meat concerns. Have you ever looked at one of those paintings that look like bunches of dots, but when you un-focus your eyes the right way they turn into these 3-D images? The trick to them is in [U]not[/U] focusing too hard on the little dots, right? As I see it, D&D works in a similar way. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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