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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9105865" data-attributes="member: 18">They're clearly the latter.This is proven by what they can do. Even avoiding &quot;rules as physics&quot;, D&amp;D humans can do stuff obviously not physically possible for RL humans, and even where it's something that would be possible, in most cases it's relatively far easier for the D&amp;D human to pull it off. A lot of D&amp;D characters just casually pull off stuff that specialist athletes who've practiced for decades can barely do, and they can do it in multiple fields. Climb a 30ft vertical wall with limited handholds, in the dark, in 6 seconds in full armour with a backpack on? No worries. Jump a 10ft gap in similar gear, or whilst wearing a ridiculous wizard robe and a silly hat? You don't even have to roll! The average human in D&amp;D can utterly reliably jump a 10ft gap with a 10ft run-up. The average human!There's never, in human history, I would offer, been a period when could routinely jump 10ft gaps without breaking a sweat. You don't even end up prone or struggling or something, you Just Do It.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9105865, member: 18"] They're clearly the latter. This is proven by what they can do. Even avoiding "rules as physics", D&D humans can do stuff obviously not physically possible for RL humans, and even where it's something that would be possible, in most cases it's relatively far easier for the D&D human to pull it off. A lot of D&D characters just casually pull off stuff that specialist athletes who've practiced for decades can barely do, and they can do it in multiple fields. Climb a 30ft vertical wall with limited handholds, in the dark, in 6 seconds in full armour with a backpack on? No worries. Jump a 10ft gap in similar gear, or whilst wearing a ridiculous wizard robe and a silly hat? You don't even have to roll! The average human in D&D can utterly reliably jump a 10ft gap with a 10ft run-up. The average human! There's never, in human history, I would offer, been a period when could routinely jump 10ft gaps without breaking a sweat. You don't even end up prone or struggling or something, you Just Do It. [/QUOTE]

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