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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 5756840" data-attributes="member: 5889">I good example of the "realism" argument came today as I was at a bookstore and happened to be looking at one of the Pathfinder books, and the alchemist class in particular.It mentioned that the alchemist mixed his potions, but could only have some many on hand each day. My first question was....why? If he's just making potions, why can't he have as many as he has components for?As I kept reading, it mentioned that the Alchemist had to put a little bit of his own personal essence into each one in order to get the desired effect.With that one little sentence, I was completely satisfied with the flavor. Was it the perfect all encompassing answer? Nope, but it gave me enough to work with in my own mind.I don't desire or require huge explanations on why things work in dnd. But there are those cases where the rules don't work the way my intuition would expect (and again this is partially based on my experience with past Dnd that shapes my view). In those cases, a little flavor assistance can go a long way towards making certains things acceptable to my imagination.</blockquote>