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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arlough" data-source="post: 5534803" data-attributes="member: 79335">I, too, came originally from the AD&D era, and I remember being concerned with things like that, at the time.But I have taken on a slightly different outlook now.If I was concerned with simulation, I would not have a guy who can mix up some sulfur and bat guano and launch a monstrous ball of fire at a bunch of tiny lizard men who happen to worship a hyper-intelligent winged allosaurus.But I really like having a guy who can do just that.So now, instead of looking at thing and trying to find ways to make them more like the real world, I try to abstract it out to maximize fun.Sure, having a guy swim in full plate isn't exactly real, but when the party is attacked by a water demon, it's more fun than letting a PC drown for the sake of realism.So I would advise you to just go with it.Remember, the PCs are adventurers.  Their dump stats are somewhere between exceptional and downright awesome. (If I recall correctly, a strength of 10 is equivalent to an Olympic athlete.)The PCs are literally the stuff of legends.  And that is at level 1!  By the beginning of Epic Tier, they are approaching godhood.  Revel in the awesome.</blockquote>