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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6348473" data-attributes="member: 22779">Really?So, your fighter, in any edition of D&amp;D you care to name, can only swing his sword 1/round at 1st level?&nbsp; He is incapable of swinging it more than once per round (whether that round is 1 minute or six seconds)?&nbsp; I've watched a fair bit of boxing and it sure looks like they throw punches, and connect, a heck of a lot more than once or twice every six seconds.&nbsp; D&amp;D absolutely is abstract in a lot of ways.&nbsp; Trying to claim that the rules for abstractions should be a direct correlation on the fiction has never been true.&nbsp; When you climb a tree, using the climb skill, at what point does your skill check apply?&nbsp; At the beginning of your 15 foot climb (half movement for the round) or the end?&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Why is it, when I start climbing, I only ever fail to climb at the bottom?&nbsp; Why can I never fail half way through the action or at the end?&nbsp; I only ever fail at the start of the action.What does that say about the game world?Trying to pin rules=physics is a rabbit hole that never, ever ends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6348473, member: 22779"] Really? So, your fighter, in any edition of D&D you care to name, can only swing his sword 1/round at 1st level? He is incapable of swinging it more than once per round (whether that round is 1 minute or six seconds)? I've watched a fair bit of boxing and it sure looks like they throw punches, and connect, a heck of a lot more than once or twice every six seconds. D&D absolutely is abstract in a lot of ways. Trying to claim that the rules for abstractions should be a direct correlation on the fiction has never been true. When you climb a tree, using the climb skill, at what point does your skill check apply? At the beginning of your 15 foot climb (half movement for the round) or the end? Why? Why is it, when I start climbing, I only ever fail to climb at the bottom? Why can I never fail half way through the action or at the end? I only ever fail at the start of the action. What does that say about the game world? Trying to pin rules=physics is a rabbit hole that never, ever ends. [/QUOTE]

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