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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5230234" data-attributes="member: 35909">Not just the "realism" issue.  I was balking more at the idea that considering this is a game, I really don't like forcing a player to explain (under intense scrutiny) how his class feature or ability works.  I honsetly could not explain why a Ranger gets his favored enemy bonuses when he has no idea he's fighting a favored enemy.  But I'd find it appalling if a DM then stripped me of that class feature for that encounter just because I couldn't explain it myself.  I just think that's really awful...Also, his gunslinging example was really nothing all like applying an immediate action magical ability in the midst of being struck.EDIT:"You are in a gunfight, and someone shoots you. It penetrates your body armor and hits you in the chest, doing damage to you. You apply a piece of even stronger bulletproof duct tape to cover up the hole after you've already been shot. how would you ever in a million years also assume that you would magically be healed of the damage as well?"Apples to oranges.  A slightly better comparison would be having a spell to use as an immediate action, to apply a layer of super strong duct tape over your skin after the bullet has pierced your armor/defenses, but before it has actually burrowed into your flesh and done damage.  That's why I said I'd allow it after the hit was confirmed, but not after damage had been dealt.  And if you expect me to explain how the hell I instantly applied the magical duct tape in a split second like that, or in other words, how do immediate actions exist...screw you! <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    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  "It's a game," "it's magic," "Do you really want to spend three hours arguing about this?"...  pick your favorite reply, but I should NOT have to explain my own abilities to that extent and I never will.</blockquote>

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