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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2943745" data-attributes="member: 30001">What is going on with this &quot;versimiltude&quot; thing lately?&nbsp; When did people become such experts on fantasy-reality?&nbsp; Especially when none of us are even experts on plain-old reality?My basement ceiling is shorter than I am.&nbsp; I suppose if the cops ever found my skeleton down there they would just stand around and stare in disbelief.&nbsp; &quot;How did he get down here?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Was he able to 'stoop' or something&quot;.&nbsp; I guess giants don't have the Stoop feat?&nbsp; I just checked and a Hill Giant is 10 1/2 ft tall and has bad posture.&nbsp; Give me a break.Seriously, &quot;utter stupidity&quot; is YET ANOTHER example of someone in desperate need of a thesaurus.&nbsp; Not everything that you disagree with after 2 seconds of thinking about has to be utterly stupid.&nbsp; It's almost beside the point that this encounter is not found in KotB - because I'm sure there are plenty of other things that are equally as &quot;utterly stupid&quot;.Speaking of utterly stupid, the Mike Mearles article takes the same tone of righteous indignation - apparently it's inconceivable to Mearles that orcs would not have have running water and toilets.&nbsp; What part of this is he having a problem with?&nbsp; The man is probably living alone BECAUSE he is psychotic - he could have been banished from his village.&nbsp; What seems likely is that Mearles is having a problem with the &quot;4th level thief&quot; part.&nbsp; What I have a problem with is thinking that EVERY SINGLE NPC in the world with levels got them by going on adventures of the sort that PCs undertake.&nbsp; That's too much mayhem for me to wrap my mind around - and I don't think it was much thought out by Mearles either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 2943745, member: 30001"] What is going on with this "versimiltude" thing lately? When did people become such experts on fantasy-reality? Especially when none of us are even experts on plain-old reality? My basement ceiling is shorter than I am. I suppose if the cops ever found my skeleton down there they would just stand around and stare in disbelief. "How did he get down here?" "Was he able to 'stoop' or something". I guess giants don't have the Stoop feat? I just checked and a Hill Giant is 10 1/2 ft tall and has bad posture. Give me a break. Seriously, "utter stupidity" is YET ANOTHER example of someone in desperate need of a thesaurus. Not everything that you disagree with after 2 seconds of thinking about has to be utterly stupid. It's almost beside the point that this encounter is not found in KotB - because I'm sure there are plenty of other things that are equally as "utterly stupid". Speaking of utterly stupid, the Mike Mearles article takes the same tone of righteous indignation - apparently it's inconceivable to Mearles that orcs would not have have running water and toilets. What part of this is he having a problem with? The man is probably living alone BECAUSE he is psychotic - he could have been banished from his village. What seems likely is that Mearles is having a problem with the "4th level thief" part. What I have a problem with is thinking that EVERY SINGLE NPC in the world with levels got them by going on adventures of the sort that PCs undertake. That's too much mayhem for me to wrap my mind around - and I don't think it was much thought out by Mearles either. [/QUOTE]

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