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<blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8689825" data-attributes="member: 6914290">My general take on &quot;realism&quot; with respect to made-up fantasy races is that the rules say what they are able to do and there are no actual real world references from which to make conclusions with respect to their physical capabilities and/or limitations.So our only clues to what their physiology should &quot;realistically&quot; allow are those rules. Maybe their muscles and bones are laced with adamantine, or magic, or whatever. If the rules say they can do it, they can. They are not just little humans. There is no merit in just extrapolating humans downward and calling it &quot;realism&quot;.As it relates to worldbuilding, how you incorporate fantasy races is certainly a matter of taste. But I would expect that if a business expects to make money from a variety of creatures with a variety of ergonomic needs, then they would either make efforts to accommodate those needs or not and either they would not get business from the creatures whose needs are not met, or those creatures would be uncomfortable. The wider the disparity of needs a place elects to accommodate, the more exotic that place might seem to the players, since they are not traditionally going to taverns where other patrons may see in the dark, climb, fly, or just be significantly larger or smaller than they are. This, again, is neither pro nor con with respect to &quot;realism&quot;. Can the centaur or minotaur pc go into the tavern with the party..maybe, maybe not, depends on how much money the tavernkeeper might expect to make off of large hooved creatures..ymmv.The fantasy world is not Earth. The rules are different. There is no singular answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gammadoodler, post: 8689825, member: 6914290"] My general take on "realism" with respect to made-up fantasy races is that the rules say what they are able to do and there are no actual real world references from which to make conclusions with respect to their physical capabilities and/or limitations. So our only clues to what their physiology should "realistically" allow are those rules. Maybe their muscles and bones are laced with adamantine, or magic, or whatever. If the rules say they can do it, they can. They are not just little humans. There is no merit in just extrapolating humans downward and calling it "realism". As it relates to worldbuilding, how you incorporate fantasy races is certainly a matter of taste. But I would expect that if a business expects to make money from a variety of creatures with a variety of ergonomic needs, then they would either make efforts to accommodate those needs or not and either they would not get business from the creatures whose needs are not met, or those creatures would be uncomfortable. The wider the disparity of needs a place elects to accommodate, the more exotic that place might seem to the players, since they are not traditionally going to taverns where other patrons may see in the dark, climb, fly, or just be significantly larger or smaller than they are. This, again, is neither pro nor con with respect to "realism". Can the centaur or minotaur pc go into the tavern with the party..maybe, maybe not, depends on how much money the tavernkeeper might expect to make off of large hooved creatures..ymmv. The fantasy world is not Earth. The rules are different. There is no singular answer. [/QUOTE]

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