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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9156660" data-attributes="member: 7030563">I did not say realistic combat is not sexy.  I said mundane is not sexy.  It is in the word - some of the synonyms for mundane include "dull", "commonplace", "lowly", "routine"I don't think realistic combat is unsexy, but there is nothing at all about D&D combat that is realistic.  From hit points, to dice, to damage values, to actions, to the way armor works. None of it is realistic.  It is completely and 100% contrived and unrealistic.  The entire combat system for D&D is based in fantasy, in some instances untrue fantasy tropes.Ok, but I don't think the things you are talking about here are "mundane" either.  Action movies and scripted combat sports may be "real life" but they are not supernatural, and they certainly are not mundane.  I will also note there are rules for doing a lot of the stuff you see in those genres already.If you want WWE (scripted combat sports) or Mission Impossible (action movie), stop asking for your martials to be mundane or supernatural because the characters in the WWE and in Mission Impossible are not mundane and they are not supernatural.We already have an overwhelming number of supernatural martials.  We have more supernatural martials then we have mundane martials.  "Some" are calling for things that already exist in the game in abundance.</blockquote>