Reality in fantasy... how much is too much?

[DonTadow]

I was just watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In it, Harry and Hermione break Sirius from captivity and fly off with him on the back of a Hippogriff.

My analytical mind got to thinking, with such a small wingspan even a strong hippogriff would have a difficult time staying aloft with something like 300 lbs on its back...

...at which point I had to remind myself that hippogriffs don't really suffer the reality of gravity... or do they?


According to the MM, a hippogriff can carry up to 900 pounds.

I know this is fantasy but that seems plain ludicrous.

Am I being too anal or should there be some kind of nod to reality.

LOL It's harry potter mosto f that movie is ludicrous. I hate time travel and Harry Potter is time travel done wrong. Since we're talking reality, why didn't she just time travel and do that in the first place. And how stupid are Harry and his friend in which theya re in a "magical" place and can't figure out why their friend is always in two places (or at least suspect magic). If they were in my campaign we'd be rolling new characters by session 3.
In other words Harry Potter isn't even logical fantasy so you're putting too much thought in it.

 

[jgsugden]

Right-o.

Please explain the Aurora Borealis, Bumblebeeflight, How computers work, Why light acts like waves and particles at the same time, Why dogs sniff other dogs behinds and all the other mysteries of our world. Can you? No?

My point: There are things in this world that have a rational, real explanation that most, if not all, people do not understand. The same thing is true of the D&D world.

There is a rational, reasonable, totally authentic explanation for why Hippogriffs can fly. We, unfortunately, just don't understand that reason. Accept it and move on. You'll be happier.

 

[DonTadow]

And then try to explain how you make such a lame CGI werewolf with a 200 million dollar budget.

 

[Mark]

Reality in fantasy... how much is too much?

Am I being too anal or should there be some kind of nod to reality.

Completely depends on the setting you're trying to portray.