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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1911355" data-attributes="member: 177">I think that realism matters only to the point that events make the players go, &quot;Huh?&nbsp; How the heck did that happen?&quot;In a given world, the PCs will be familiar with that world's physical laws, because they live with them on a daily basis.&nbsp; However, the players live with the real world's physical laws.&nbsp; Breaking those laws too badly can break the players out of the fiction, which can lessen the roleplay experience.Imagine, if you will, a person with deep knowledge of weather and climate sciences watching &quot;The Day After Tomorrow&quot;, or someone who knows a great deal about space science watching &quot;Armageddon&quot;.&nbsp; The repeated use of bad science will distract them from the story, while a person without their knowledge won't blink an eye.On the flip side, reality is complex.&nbsp; The more closely you want to model it in game, the more complex the game rules become, and this can be taken to the point where you spend more time with rules than with playing.The border between these will vary from person to person, and subject to subject.&nbsp; In my games, the point is to be real enough to keep the player's intuition applicable, so they don't have to think too much about their actions, but no so real that it bogs things down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1911355, member: 177"] I think that realism matters only to the point that events make the players go, "Huh? How the heck did that happen?" In a given world, the PCs will be familiar with that world's physical laws, because they live with them on a daily basis. However, the players live with the real world's physical laws. Breaking those laws too badly can break the players out of the fiction, which can lessen the roleplay experience. Imagine, if you will, a person with deep knowledge of weather and climate sciences watching "The Day After Tomorrow", or someone who knows a great deal about space science watching "Armageddon". The repeated use of bad science will distract them from the story, while a person without their knowledge won't blink an eye. On the flip side, reality is complex. The more closely you want to model it in game, the more complex the game rules become, and this can be taken to the point where you spend more time with rules than with playing. The border between these will vary from person to person, and subject to subject. In my games, the point is to be real enough to keep the player's intuition applicable, so they don't have to think too much about their actions, but no so real that it bogs things down. [/QUOTE]

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