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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5594471" data-attributes="member: 4937">Technically, the master smith can evade about 25 times the damage of the apprentice and absorb about 20% more punishment.&nbsp; This is because D&amp;D hit points are abstract, and most the ones you have beyond those you gain a 1st level represent the ability to avoid or mitigate damage and not the ability to absorb it.&nbsp; However, while its concievable that becoming a 7th level smith instills in you a hardness of frame and power of body and atheleticism such that you are better at evading or absorbing blows, I concede that it is abit wierd that the same is true of a master scribe or a master flower arranger.Ok, so that isn't true.&nbsp; The 70 year old master smith is only tougher than an 18 year old lad if his health hasn't yet failed him due to disease, injury, and the toil of aging.&nbsp; The problem I have here is the difficulty D&amp;D has with aging a character correctly.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no reason why a 70 year old NPC should have more than a 4 Str, 4 Con, and 4 Dex unless you deliberately set out to create a character who has remained hale and hearty despite thier advanced age.&nbsp; Besides, a 7th level character of any class is a super-heroic fantasy character.&nbsp; If you are higher level than Gandalf, then well, it's expected that you are elligible for the Order of the White Lotus or membership in the Silver Horde.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5594471, member: 4937"] Technically, the master smith can evade about 25 times the damage of the apprentice and absorb about 20% more punishment. This is because D&D hit points are abstract, and most the ones you have beyond those you gain a 1st level represent the ability to avoid or mitigate damage and not the ability to absorb it. However, while its concievable that becoming a 7th level smith instills in you a hardness of frame and power of body and atheleticism such that you are better at evading or absorbing blows, I concede that it is abit wierd that the same is true of a master scribe or a master flower arranger. Ok, so that isn't true. The 70 year old master smith is only tougher than an 18 year old lad if his health hasn't yet failed him due to disease, injury, and the toil of aging. The problem I have here is the difficulty D&D has with aging a character correctly. There is no reason why a 70 year old NPC should have more than a 4 Str, 4 Con, and 4 Dex unless you deliberately set out to create a character who has remained hale and hearty despite thier advanced age. Besides, a 7th level character of any class is a super-heroic fantasy character. If you are higher level than Gandalf, then well, it's expected that you are elligible for the Order of the White Lotus or membership in the Silver Horde. [/QUOTE]

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