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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6210874" data-attributes="member: 6688937">That, I would agree with.I was speaking/writing colloquially about "you"...it sounds more awkward to my ears to say "If one is trying to tell me..." I was just trying to make my position clearer to the general thread audience, rather than directing a comment to you personally about your style or argument. No offense intended. Please pardon my hyperbole.I agree that the mechanic may not be very sensible in all situations, at times requiring what [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] calls "deft narration" to even begin to make sense out of it in the fiction. However, I and others find that to be true of a fair number of things in a typical/traditional D&D engine. So, from my (and I think pemerton's) perspective, that by itself doesn't really make this mechanic unsuitable for D&D (or at least no less suitable than all those other things). If a person can accept all those other awkwardnesses, and miss damage is just one too many for them to make narrative sense of a D&D combat...then that's how I think its the "last straw" for that person. Which seems to be the case for a decent number of posters in this thread.Stepping back for a second, though. Even though I (and I presume anyone sticking around to read this post) enjoy arguing about game mechanics. I wouldn't want you to discount your feelings in matters such as these. This is, after all, a leisure activity...whether you/we like it or not is of critical importance whether or not you have some well-reasoned argument about it! At least, that's how I see it.</blockquote>

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