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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5520739" data-attributes="member: 957">I am reminded of the old debates about how many chickens you could buy in a small town.&nbsp; Back when 3E was the current edition, that discussion would come up every so often.&nbsp; Some people would really have issues with it, but the bulk of the conversation was just about how absurd it was.&nbsp; It was funny.&nbsp; But it was a bunch of 3E fans talking about wonkiness when you get outside of boundary conditions.&nbsp; The bottom line was we all still played 3E and this was big debate online without having any impact on the actual game.Nowadays I find people trying to point out things like this and actually trying to use it as evidence that 3E was never a simulation.&nbsp; The disconnect is so stark that there is no way to really even progress with the conversation.I recall debating whether or not celestial great white sharks would ambush attack celestial sea lions for dinner, and whether or not the sea lions minded.&nbsp; Absurdity.&nbsp; But great fun.I recall the great thread about how many house cats would be needed to slay a great wyrm red dragon.&nbsp; First you need enough to build a giant pyramid of cats.&nbsp; Then suicide cats fling themselves from the top onto the dragon for 20d6 damage.&nbsp; Then you have to multiply by 20 because the other 19 failed their dragonfear save.....&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5520739, member: 957"] I am reminded of the old debates about how many chickens you could buy in a small town. Back when 3E was the current edition, that discussion would come up every so often. Some people would really have issues with it, but the bulk of the conversation was just about how absurd it was. It was funny. But it was a bunch of 3E fans talking about wonkiness when you get outside of boundary conditions. The bottom line was we all still played 3E and this was big debate online without having any impact on the actual game. Nowadays I find people trying to point out things like this and actually trying to use it as evidence that 3E was never a simulation. The disconnect is so stark that there is no way to really even progress with the conversation. I recall debating whether or not celestial great white sharks would ambush attack celestial sea lions for dinner, and whether or not the sea lions minded. Absurdity. But great fun. I recall the great thread about how many house cats would be needed to slay a great wyrm red dragon. First you need enough to build a giant pyramid of cats. Then suicide cats fling themselves from the top onto the dragon for 20d6 damage. Then you have to multiply by 20 because the other 19 failed their dragonfear save..... :) [/QUOTE]

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