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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6666391" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Which me are you asking?&nbsp; I'll have a different answer depending on the guy:1)&nbsp; D&amp;D gamer nerd who has been running games since 1984 and has long, long, long since come to terms with the utter irrationality and inherent contradictions of D&amp;D's heroic fantasy world physics/genre emulation mash-up such that trying to rationalize them is asking for an aneurism?2)&nbsp; Random guy on the internet who is interested in a discussion about the premise:&nbsp; &quot;Ok, I can TOTALLY accept that as a mere man at the pinnacle of (demi)human capacity, you can face down and slay a creature who is TWO * the size, TEN * weight, ONE HUNDRED * the ferocity (this last figure is still being empirically tested, but we feel we're pretty close) of a TYRANNOSAURUS REX, is COVERED IN ARMORED PLATES THE EQUIVALENT OF A MODERN TANK, can FLY, can CAST POWERFUL SPELLS, BREATHES FREAKING GIANT CONES OF FIRE.&nbsp; That makes sense.&nbsp; But you want to jump a 50 ft canyon, or all-out sprint for hours straight, or swim for hours in armor, or redirect a river by your mighty blows at the base of a riverbed, or demand an audience with a ruler and win it by the sheer force of your voice?&nbsp; HOLD THE FRIGGING PHONE AND BACKUP THE TRAIN HEADED STRAIGHT FOR CRAZYTOWN DUDE!Oh, hang on a second.&nbsp; I have to roll this random encounter table.&nbsp; OH LOOK!&nbsp; 15 foot giant spiders attack you with their exoskeletons that make their mere existence, forget about locomotion and respiration, utterly impossible (thanks to the same physics that I use to deny you any sort of...err heroic fantasy (?)...out of combat capabilities above normal human capabilities)!&nbsp; AWESOME!ROLL INITIATIVE!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 6666391, member: 6696971"] Which [I]me [/I]are you asking? I'll have a different answer depending on the guy: 1) D&D gamer nerd who has been running games since 1984 and has long, long, long since come to terms with the utter irrationality and inherent contradictions of D&D's heroic fantasy world physics/genre emulation mash-up such that trying to rationalize them is asking for an aneurism? 2) Random guy on the internet who is interested in a discussion about the premise: "Ok, I can TOTALLY accept that as a mere man at the pinnacle of (demi)human capacity, you can face down and slay a creature who is TWO * the size, TEN * weight, ONE HUNDRED * the ferocity (this last figure is still being empirically tested, but we feel we're pretty close) of a TYRANNOSAURUS REX, is COVERED IN ARMORED PLATES THE EQUIVALENT OF A MODERN TANK, can FLY, can CAST POWERFUL SPELLS, BREATHES FREAKING GIANT CONES OF FIRE. That makes sense. But you want to jump a 50 ft canyon, or all-out sprint for hours straight, or swim for hours in armor, or redirect a river by your mighty blows at the base of a riverbed, or demand an audience with a ruler and win it by the sheer force of your voice? HOLD THE FRIGGING PHONE AND BACKUP THE TRAIN HEADED STRAIGHT FOR CRAZYTOWN DUDE! Oh, hang on a second. I have to roll this random encounter table. OH LOOK! 15 foot giant spiders attack you with their exoskeletons that make their mere existence, forget about locomotion and respiration, utterly impossible (thanks to the same physics that I use to deny you any sort of...err heroic fantasy (?)...out of combat capabilities above normal human capabilities)! AWESOME! ROLL INITIATIVE!" [/QUOTE]

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