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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5357385" data-attributes="member: 35909">I'm sure a lot of people have noticed that many DMs (and players, though that's seldom as critical in determining what gets houseruled) seem to have standards of some sort that they expect out of classes incapable of using magic.&nbsp; Such classes, even at high levels where by any reasonable account, the PC is blatantly more powerful than Superman, are told they must still coform to real world physics or otherwise not be awesome.&nbsp; This thread, ideally, will be a consolidated rebuke of that viewpoint, something you can go digging in to find support for your cause the next time your DM says &quot;No way in hell can your monk jump 30 ft straight up and attack that guy!&quot; and expects you to solicit the sorcerer for a Fly spell like some pitiful beggar.Obviously, huge plus if you can categorize or otherwise explicitly state the tie in between your posting(s) and D&amp;D or other RPGs.&nbsp; If not, who doesn't love an awesome video, news clipping, photograph, etc... regardless?&nbsp; I'll start with some examples from real life.This is what you can train an Animal to do with Handle Animal:[sblock][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXElh_VM0Uc]YouTube - TreT - PARKOUR DOG FROM UKRAINE[/ame][/sblock]A completely run of the mill application of Tumble (skip to 0:20 or so):[sblock][ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbCkidVajmY[/ame][/sblock]Optimized rate of fire with a bow / mounted archery, before haste and other magic:[sblock][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yorHswhzrU]YouTube - Archery Rapid Fire Hun Archery Kassai[/ame][/sblock]EDIT: Additional video:[sblock][ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o9RGnujlkI[/ame][/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5357385, member: 35909"] I'm sure a lot of people have noticed that many DMs (and players, though that's seldom as critical in determining what gets houseruled) seem to have standards of some sort that they expect out of classes incapable of using magic. Such classes, even at high levels where by any reasonable account, the PC is blatantly more powerful than Superman, are told they must still coform to real world physics or otherwise not be awesome. This thread, ideally, will be a consolidated rebuke of that viewpoint, something you can go digging in to find support for your cause the next time your DM says "No way in hell can your monk jump 30 ft straight up and attack that guy!" and expects you to solicit the sorcerer for a Fly spell like some pitiful beggar. Obviously, huge plus if you can categorize or otherwise explicitly state the tie in between your posting(s) and D&D or other RPGs. If not, who doesn't love an awesome video, news clipping, photograph, etc... regardless? I'll start with some examples from real life. This is what you can train an Animal to do with Handle Animal: [sblock][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXElh_VM0Uc]YouTube - TreT - PARKOUR DOG FROM UKRAINE[/ame][/sblock] A completely run of the mill application of Tumble (skip to 0:20 or so): [sblock][ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbCkidVajmY[/ame][/sblock] Optimized rate of fire with a bow / mounted archery, before haste and other magic: [sblock][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yorHswhzrU]YouTube - Archery Rapid Fire Hun Archery Kassai[/ame][/sblock] EDIT: Additional video: [sblock] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o9RGnujlkI[/ame] [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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