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<blockquote data-quote="Thurbane" data-source="post: 3946539" data-attributes="member: 43273">Are we talking &quot;movie Conan&quot; or &quot;novel Conan&quot;? Maybe even &quot;comic book Conan&quot;? In whichever incarnation we are talking, he is certainly high enough level, in D&amp;D terms, not to be too threatened by a bunch of - presumably low level - city guards with crossbows...but since he apparently is simulataneously a fictional fantasy character and beyond the scope of D&amp;D, that's neither here nor there. Also, I must protest - you have shattered my illusion that Conan was a real personage. Shame on you!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Also unfortunately, people often miss &quot;tongue in cheek&quot; posts unless there is a smiley at the end of every line.&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=":)" /> As for &quot;realism vs. RAW&quot;, I've seen it debated many times, and have no real interest in rehashing. I have absolutely no problem with the internal logic of D&amp;D - it is heroic fantasy, after all. Also, if people wish to inject more of the &quot;real world&quot; into combat through houserules, I also have no problem. Strangely enough, I'm often on the &quot;other side&quot; of the argument with one of the guys I game with, who is fine with someone mumbling a few words and shooting lightning from his fingers, but thinks it's horribly unrealistic for someone to wield two weapons effectively at the same time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thurbane, post: 3946539, member: 43273"] Are we talking "movie Conan" or "novel Conan"? Maybe even "comic book Conan"? In whichever incarnation we are talking, he is certainly high enough level, in D&D terms, not to be too threatened by a bunch of - presumably low level - city guards with crossbows...but since he apparently is simulataneously a fictional fantasy character and beyond the scope of D&D, that's neither here nor there. Also, I must protest - you have shattered my illusion that Conan was a real personage. Shame on you! :p Also unfortunately, people often miss "tongue in cheek" posts unless there is a smiley at the end of every line. :) As for "realism vs. RAW", I've seen it debated many times, and have no real interest in rehashing. I have absolutely no problem with the internal logic of D&D - it is heroic fantasy, after all. Also, if people wish to inject more of the "real world" into combat through houserules, I also have no problem. Strangely enough, I'm often on the "other side" of the argument with one of the guys I game with, who is fine with someone mumbling a few words and shooting lightning from his fingers, but thinks it's horribly unrealistic for someone to wield two weapons effectively at the same time. [/QUOTE]

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