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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2288138" data-attributes="member: 8158">I don't get this mentality. Never have. When Conan battles the mirror monster in Conan the Destroyer, does he need a magic weapon, special powers, or some other readily-identifiable bypass mechanic to overcome its seeming invulnerability (I suppose it equates to high DR)? No, he just had to figure out he needed to smash the mirrors. When Perseus fought Medusa, did he he get to make sure that he had a backup spellcaster with flesh to stone or break enchantment handy? No, he just had to employ some tactics.&nbsp; Defeating seemingly invincible foes through personal resourcefulness s one of the major staples of fantasy fiction. It just doesn't happen to be a staple of D&amp;D. So I ask you, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Why does there have to be a clearly-delineated and categorized rock-beats-scissors mechanic for everything? Is it unreasonable for heroes to sometimes crap their pants trying to find the damn rock so they can prevail? IMO, that's a hell of a lot more heroic than just bitching at the game or at the DM because nothing in your golfbag-o'-weapons&nbsp; penetrated the monster's DR.&quot;I tried the silver weapon, the cold iron weapon, and the adamantine weapon! I've used lawful, chaotic, good, and evil versions of each! That's it! I've tried everything!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 2288138, member: 8158"] I don't get this mentality. Never have. When Conan battles the mirror monster in [I]Conan the Destroyer[/I], does he need a magic weapon, special powers, or some other readily-identifiable bypass mechanic to overcome its seeming invulnerability (I suppose it equates to high DR)? No, he just had to figure out he needed to smash the mirrors. When Perseus fought Medusa, did he he get to make sure that he had a backup spellcaster with [I]flesh to stone[/I] or [I]break enchantment[/I] handy? No, he just had to employ some tactics. Defeating seemingly invincible foes through personal resourcefulness s one of the major staples of fantasy fiction. It just doesn't happen to be a staple of D&D. So I ask you, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Why does there have to be a clearly-delineated and categorized rock-beats-scissors mechanic for everything? Is it unreasonable for heroes to sometimes crap their pants trying to find the damn rock so they can prevail? IMO, that's a hell of a lot more heroic than just bitching at the game or at the DM because nothing in your golfbag-o'-weapons penetrated the monster's DR. [I]"I tried the silver weapon, the cold iron weapon, and the adamantine weapon! I've used lawful, chaotic, good, and evil versions of each! That's it! I've tried [U]everything[/U]!"[/I] [/QUOTE]

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