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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5806100" data-attributes="member: 82106">Nobody claims that the mechanics of ANY version of D&D is exactly realistic, so lets just cut it with the BS on that score.But YES, people ACTUALLY DO THESE THINGS."Although previously wounded by enemy hand grenade  fragments, he proceeded to carry out a bold, single-handed attack  against the bunker, exhorting his comrades to follow him. Sustaining 2  additional wounds as he stormed toward the emplacement, he resolutely  pulled the pin from a grenade clutched in his hand...""Pfc. Albanese was mortally wounded when he engaged and killed 2 more enemy soldiers in fierce hand-to-hand combat.""Sgt. Beikirch ran immediately through the hail of  fire. Although he was wounded seriously by fragments from an exploding  enemy mortar shell, Sgt. Beikirch carried the officer to a medical aid  station. Ignoring his own serious injuries, Sgt. Beikirch left the  relative safety of the medical bunker to search for and evacuate other  men who had been injured. He was again wounded as he dragged a  critically injured Vietnamese soldier to the medical bunker while  simultaneously applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to sustain his  life. Sgt. Beikirch again refused treatment and continued his search for  other casualties until he collapsed. Only then did he permit himself to  be treated."You can go on and on with examples of people just plain going on and getting back up and being ridiculously punished. There are FAR BETTER examples, but I'm not about to spend hours digging them up. Again, PCs are not your average guy walking down the street. They're people who are going knowingly into extreme danger, actively defending themselves and expecting to suffer for it.</blockquote>

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