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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 5841134" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Sorry shidaku, but this is a silly argument that comes up time and time again in different contexts but which makes no sense at all.</p><p></p><p>conflating ludicrous physical weaponry with magic spells and dragons doesn't make sense.</p><p></p><p>While D&D has dragons and fireballs, it also has gravity, buildings made out of stone or wood, and all kinds of things which are recognisable from the real world.</p><p></p><p>Within a fantasy context, we expect and allow for fireballs and dragons - it is part of the twist that makes things fantasy instead of realism. We ALSO expect that certain natural laws apply unless they are explicitly called out - thus someone using an ironing board as a sword is unrealistic in a way which dragons and fireballs are not.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 5841134, member: 114"] Sorry shidaku, but this is a silly argument that comes up time and time again in different contexts but which makes no sense at all. conflating ludicrous physical weaponry with magic spells and dragons doesn't make sense. While D&D has dragons and fireballs, it also has gravity, buildings made out of stone or wood, and all kinds of things which are recognisable from the real world. Within a fantasy context, we expect and allow for fireballs and dragons - it is part of the twist that makes things fantasy instead of realism. We ALSO expect that certain natural laws apply unless they are explicitly called out - thus someone using an ironing board as a sword is unrealistic in a way which dragons and fireballs are not. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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