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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9099183" data-attributes="member: 50987">Yeah, i know. The game rules don't give us the gravitational constant of the planet either, or the combustion equation that allows torches to work.&nbsp; We make these assumptions ourselves, modeling them on our own understanding here in the real world.&nbsp; And since that level of understanding varies from person to person, so does the interpretation of the rules.The absurdity you are visualizing makes perfect sense to someone with a science-heavy background, or someone who solves real-world problems like this every day... so some rules require a lot more wilful suspension of disbelief to &quot;sell it&quot; to them.&nbsp; What one person csn shrug off and handwave as &quot;superhero stuff&quot; can be very immersion-breaking for someone else.That's not a failing of the person or the rules. It's just an incompatibility.&nbsp; Some rules just won't make sense to some people.&nbsp;&nbsp; And that's where house rules come in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9099183, member: 50987"] Yeah, i know. The game rules don't give us the gravitational constant of the planet either, or the combustion equation that allows torches to work. We make these assumptions ourselves, modeling them on our own understanding here in the real world. And since that level of understanding varies from person to person, so does the interpretation of the rules. The absurdity you are visualizing makes perfect sense to someone with a science-heavy background, or someone who solves real-world problems like this every day... so some rules require a lot more wilful suspension of disbelief to "sell it" to them. What one person csn shrug off and handwave as "superhero stuff" can be very immersion-breaking for someone else. That's not a [B]failing[/B] of the person or the rules. It's just an incompatibility. Some rules just won't make sense to some people. And that's where house rules come in. [/QUOTE]

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