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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 1523101" data-attributes="member: 1645">I agree that realism is not the opposite of simplicity; complexity is the opposite of simplicity.There are many ways to be unrealistic; being cinematic is just one of the them.  When people complain that something is unrealistic, it's typically because it doesn't make real or cinematic sense, e.g. a healing potion heals a grevious wound on a peasant, but not even a scratch on a high-level fighter.That would be an abstract system, versus a detailed system -- an abstract, realistic system, versus a detailed, unrealistic system (like most RPGs).But there are many ways to have a system as simple as D&D, and as cinematic as D&D, while making more sense (i.e., seeming more "realistic" in the sense of the typical complaint).</blockquote>