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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 4551465" data-attributes="member: 1645">No, I did not mean &quot;reality&quot; sarcastically.&nbsp; It was not in quotes for irony but to fend off pedants who feel compelled to snipe at any use of the word &quot;reality&quot; by saying, &quot;There aren't any wizards or dragons in real life!&quot;&nbsp; They're so terribly clever, you see.I put &quot;reality&quot; in quotes to signify the reality of the game world, as seen by the characters within it.Many of the martial powers work great as board-game powers -- and that's not meant to be derogatory, simply explanatory -- but they don't jibe with the characters' understanding of the world.&nbsp; First, of course, the whole notion of once-per-day or once-per-encounter powers doesn't make sense in character.&nbsp; Is it reasonable that the opportunities to pull off those fancy moves would only appear roughly once per fight or once per day?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Would a character know he had such opportunities as a limited resource?&nbsp; No, of course not.&nbsp; It doesn't approximate anything a character might know.Individual powers make peculiar assumptions about being able to move opponents or otherwise affect them, when the explanation simply doesn't match many situations -- especially against unusual foes, which might be extremely big or small, or unthinking, or lacking various body-parts, etc.My complaint is not that martial characters are now too cool.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 4551465, member: 1645"] No, I did not mean "reality" sarcastically. It was not in quotes for irony but to fend off pedants who feel compelled to snipe at [i]any[/i] use of the word "reality" by saying, "There aren't any wizards or dragons in real life!" They're so terribly clever, you see. I put "reality" in quotes to signify the reality of the game world, as seen by the characters within it. Many of the martial powers work great as board-game powers -- and that's not meant to be derogatory, simply explanatory -- but they don't jibe with the characters' understanding of the world. First, of course, the whole notion of once-per-day or once-per-encounter powers doesn't make sense in character. Is it reasonable that the opportunities to pull off those fancy moves would only appear roughly once per fight or once per day? Sure. Would a character know he had such opportunities as a limited resource? No, of course not. It doesn't approximate anything a character might know. Individual powers make peculiar assumptions about being able to move opponents or otherwise affect them, when the explanation simply doesn't match many situations -- especially against unusual foes, which might be extremely big or small, or unthinking, or lacking various body-parts, etc. My complaint is [i]not[/i] that martial characters are now [i]too cool[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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