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<blockquote data-quote="chaochou" data-source="post: 5968840" data-attributes="member: 99817">Likewise.&nbsp;And I don't know how many ways it can be explained - it's simple. Spells cannot provide a 'how and why'.Spells simply assert that magic exists and can be manipulated. They only tell you 'what happens'. They never, ever explain how or why. The only 'why' which justifies magic is 'because the rulebook says so'. And the rulebook can say anything.So the rulebook can say this:Once a day a fighter can, through force of will and courage, leap 500ft.Once a day a mage can cast 'the spell' fireball.If you ask me how it's physically possible for a fighter to leap 500 feet, first you must tell me how it's physically possible for someone concentrating and chanting and waving their hands about to incinerate a room full of goblins.If you don't feel the need to explain that (which you clearly don't since you state 'magic can't be explained') then there's no need to explain heroism or courage (It's heroism and courage. It can't be explained.)Holding one class to a higher standard of 'proof' or 'plausibility' than another is exactly the double standards being expressed in this thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chaochou, post: 5968840, member: 99817"] Likewise. And I don't know how many ways it can be explained - it's simple. Spells cannot provide a 'how and why'. Spells simply assert that magic exists and can be manipulated. They only tell you 'what happens'. They never, ever explain how or why. The only 'why' which justifies magic is 'because the rulebook says so'. And the rulebook can say anything. So the rulebook can say this: Once a day a fighter can, through force of will and courage, leap 500ft. Once a day a mage can cast 'the spell' fireball. If you ask me how it's physically possible for a fighter to leap 500 feet, first you must tell me how it's physically possible for someone concentrating and chanting and waving their hands about to incinerate a room full of goblins. If you don't feel the need to explain that (which you clearly don't since you state 'magic can't be explained') then there's no need to explain heroism or courage (It's heroism and courage. It can't be explained.) Holding one class to a higher standard of 'proof' or 'plausibility' than another is exactly the double standards being expressed in this thread. [/QUOTE]

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