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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6318362" data-attributes="member: 22779">Well, considering the only thing that actually exists in the real world that exists in the game, is humans (and some of the animals I suppose), how in the world can you claim any sort of simulation?&nbsp; The sim has to be based on something doesn't it?&nbsp; You're perfectly fine with all sorts of completely arbitrary decision points made in the name of game play - the reason harpies have that many HP is because they are meant to be a threat to an X level party, not because of any sort of in world reason - but, apparently that makes for a consistent world?How is that consistent?&nbsp; In what way does a completely arbitrary set of decisions with absolutely no backing in the game world or even remote nods to things like physics or biology result in consistency?The whole point of simulation is you can answer the why questions.&nbsp; That's the reason you use sim based play.&nbsp; If you cannot actually tell me why a harpy is tougher than an orc or even a large giant like an Ogre, then how can you claim any consistency?&nbsp; Ogres have more HP than orcs because ogres are bigger than orcs.&nbsp; That makes sense.&nbsp; Bigger things have more HP.&nbsp; Ok, consistent.&nbsp; But, it's not actually true.&nbsp; Things that are much smaller also have more HP - a harpy is tougher than an ogre.&nbsp; You can find all sorts of inconsistencies in D&amp;D.&nbsp; That's because D&amp;D has never actually been a sim game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6318362, member: 22779"] Well, considering the only thing that actually exists in the real world that exists in the game, is humans (and some of the animals I suppose), how in the world can you claim any sort of simulation? The sim has to be based on something doesn't it? You're perfectly fine with all sorts of completely arbitrary decision points made in the name of game play - the reason harpies have that many HP is because they are meant to be a threat to an X level party, not because of any sort of in world reason - but, apparently that makes for a consistent world? How is that consistent? In what way does a completely arbitrary set of decisions with absolutely no backing in the game world or even remote nods to things like physics or biology result in consistency? The whole point of simulation is you can answer the why questions. That's the reason you use sim based play. If you cannot actually tell me why a harpy is tougher than an orc or even a large giant like an Ogre, then how can you claim any consistency? Ogres have more HP than orcs because ogres are bigger than orcs. That makes sense. Bigger things have more HP. Ok, consistent. But, it's not actually true. Things that are much smaller also have more HP - a harpy is tougher than an ogre. You can find all sorts of inconsistencies in D&D. That's because D&D has never actually been a sim game. [/QUOTE]

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