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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5681426" data-attributes="member: 40166">For one, the adventurer does know how grappling works in their world; if they're a fighter, they've probably been doing it all their life. They know what effect size does--or doesn't--have on grappling, etc.For another, dramatically speaking, in fiction adventurers are competent people. They do things right even when realistically, they shouldn't know how. If you're running horror, you may not want this effect. But it's part of the effect I signed up for in D&amp;D; I bumble around incompetently enough in real life, I don't need that in my games.One very real impact I think you would see is that people will get a lot more cautious. If you have no idea what grappling the troll will do to you, you're not going to grapple it. Players are either going to have characters die a lot more, or they're going to be way-more cautious about everything.I think also that there are a lot of examples that could be used that wouldn't be opaque to the adventurer. What are the odds of hitting something with an arrow at 100 yards? Well, if an archer is any good, realistically, they got that way by setting a target on a haybale at 100 yards and shooting arrows at it. Many arrows. Hours and hours on end, day after day. They know pretty exactly whether they're consistently hitting the bullseye, the target, the haybale or the broadside of the barn at that distance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 5681426, member: 40166"] For one, the adventurer does know how grappling works in their world; if they're a fighter, they've probably been doing it all their life. They know what effect size does--or doesn't--have on grappling, etc. For another, dramatically speaking, in fiction adventurers are competent people. They do things right even when realistically, they shouldn't know how. If you're running horror, you may not want this effect. But it's part of the effect I signed up for in D&D; I bumble around incompetently enough in real life, I don't need that in my games. One very real impact I think you would see is that people will get a lot more cautious. If you have no idea what grappling the troll will do to you, you're not going to grapple it. Players are either going to have characters die a lot more, or they're going to be way-more cautious about everything. I think also that there are a lot of examples that could be used that wouldn't be opaque to the adventurer. What are the odds of hitting something with an arrow at 100 yards? Well, if an archer is any good, realistically, they got that way by setting a target on a haybale at 100 yards and shooting arrows at it. Many arrows. Hours and hours on end, day after day. They know pretty exactly whether they're consistently hitting the bullseye, the target, the haybale or the broadside of the barn at that distance. [/QUOTE]

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