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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5757683" data-attributes="member: 3424">You know, I'm starting to think that another underlying problem behind many of these "realism" issues is the unstated assumption that the PCs are just regular (though well-trained) folks, and that the "normal" rules of the universe apply to them. Every exercise in justifying why a PC can do something then causes the laws of reality to change, and the universe to get stranger and more alien. However, if you start with the assumption that the PCs are exceptional in ways beyond their official game statistics (not a palatable option for some people, I know), then the question becomes "How can this PC do something which most people cannot?" How can Hercules re-route rivers? Not because he's a fighter, but because he's a demigod.How can this warlord heal wounds when he uses inspiring word? Because one of his distant ancestors was a celestial, and he is actually able to channel small amounts of divine healing power. How can this bard deal psychic damage to the undead? Because he laces his words with choice selections from the Malleus Mortis, the most vituperative anti-undead tract of the Church of Pelor. Since he is not a cleric, he lacks true divine authority, but he has sufficient arcane power to force an understanding of the deific menace upon even the most dimly-aware undead minds. How does this fighter pull his enemies close? Because he has a wild magical or psionic talent that momentarily makes him attractive to them.This way, the laws of the universe don't need to change - the PCs are just the exceptions to the normal laws.</blockquote>

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