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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5971657" data-attributes="member: 3887">The difference seems to be: you are willing to invent BS rationalizations to justify giants and flying dragons, but you are unwilling to invent the same kind of BS rationalizations for a PC fighter who wants to indulge in periodic mountain-jumping (or flinging, or cleaving in twain).Because, for some reason, PC fighters need to be free of BS justifications for their abilities (with the exception of hit points). This is what I intuit. I guess it all, somewhat predictably, boils down to taste, eh?One things I'd like to add: a lot of this stems from D&amp;D having so many sources inform it's (default) fiction. Conan belongs in D&amp;D.So does Aragorn.And Bilbo.And Hercules.And Cuchulain.And John Carter of Mars.And the Five Deadly Venons.And Jedi (with their serial numbers filed off).And robots.And space aliens.And talking animals cf. lynx, giant, AD&amp;D MM. And so on.All of this sh*t establishes the context in which typical D&amp;D characters operate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5971657, member: 3887"] The difference seems to be: you are willing to invent BS rationalizations to justify giants and flying dragons, but you are unwilling to invent the same kind of BS rationalizations for a PC fighter who wants to indulge in periodic mountain-jumping (or flinging, or cleaving in twain). Because, for some reason, PC fighters need to be free of BS justifications for their abilities (with the exception of hit points). This is what I intuit. I guess it all, somewhat predictably, boils down to taste, eh? One things I'd like to add: a lot of this stems from D&D having so many sources inform it's (default) fiction. Conan belongs in D&D. So does Aragorn. And Bilbo. And Hercules. And Cuchulain. And John Carter of Mars. And the Five Deadly Venons. And Jedi (with their serial numbers filed off). And robots. And space aliens. And talking animals cf. lynx, giant, AD&D MM. And so on. All of this sh*t establishes the context in which typical D&D characters operate. [/QUOTE]

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