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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 2103221" data-attributes="member: 945">This is a strange question on many levels.&nbsp; I'd like to argue about realism, but we're talking about beating up dragons with our fists, so reality just flew out the window.To start, yea I've house ruled monks.&nbsp; There are no monks in my game.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Now, from a realism perspective, in our world, martial artists can easily break boards and cinder blocks with their head, feet, and hands on a regular basis.&nbsp; That's some very real power that could inflict a very real amount of damage to something living.&nbsp; If one takes the stance that it makes no sense that a dragon could be hurt by a kick or by a fist, then a cleric with a club, or a blunt mace shouldn't really be able to affect it either, by that argument.Lastly, take a step back. It's a game. Furthermore - it's D&amp;D. Any attempt at interjecting reality into it is going to fundamentally screw up the balance.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 2103221, member: 945"] This is a strange question on many levels. I'd like to argue about realism, but we're talking about beating up dragons with our fists, so reality just flew out the window. To start, yea I've house ruled monks. There are no monks in my game. :) Now, from a realism perspective, in our world, martial artists can easily break boards and cinder blocks with their head, feet, and hands on a regular basis. That's some very real power that could inflict a very real amount of damage to something living. If one takes the stance that it makes no sense that a dragon could be hurt by a kick or by a fist, then a cleric with a club, or a blunt mace shouldn't really be able to affect it either, by that argument. Lastly, take a step back. It's a game. Furthermore - it's D&D. Any attempt at interjecting reality into it is going to fundamentally screw up the balance. :lol: [/QUOTE]

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