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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6813347" data-attributes="member: 23751">Which is fine.&nbsp; Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses.&nbsp; What I find easy, you may not.&nbsp; What you find easy, I may not.Which is only really true if realism is a dichotomy.&nbsp; It isn't a dichotomy, though. Rather it's a spectrum with utter reality on one end and absolute chaos on the other end.&nbsp; D&amp;D falls closer to the realism end than it does the chaos end.&nbsp; It has rules that try to model reality to a degree.&nbsp; Swords that are edged, arrows and spears puncture, falls hurt, etc.&nbsp; The game reality also explains how magic and dragons make sense, so I accept those things.&nbsp; Some things are unrealistic but must be accepted in order for the game to function.&nbsp; Combat I'm looking at you on that one.&nbsp; With the above, I accept X level of unrealistic, but that doesn't meant that X+1 is okay.&nbsp; When I get to Iserith's level, it's more like X+1000, which is intolerable for me.&nbsp; That I'm okay with magic and dragons doesn't in any way mean that I have to be okay with everything unrealistic.I'm not sure what you mean by in-game comparisons.&nbsp; Would you elaborate on that?&nbsp;For me, it needs to make sense with the PC in question.&nbsp; Going back to troll weakness (of course <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ), if a PC grew up near the troll moors, I wouldn't even make him roll.&nbsp; He would just know.&nbsp; A PC from far away that had some knowledge of swamps or monsters would get a fairly easy roll.&nbsp; A PC from the desert where trolls just don't ever go and with no background to indicate possible knowledge would not know or get a roll.&nbsp; I don't buy the &quot;I overheard it in a tavern&quot; justification.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 6813347, member: 23751"] Which is fine. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. What I find easy, you may not. What you find easy, I may not. Which is only really true if realism is a dichotomy. It isn't a dichotomy, though. Rather it's a spectrum with utter reality on one end and absolute chaos on the other end. D&D falls closer to the realism end than it does the chaos end. It has rules that try to model reality to a degree. Swords that are edged, arrows and spears puncture, falls hurt, etc. The game reality also explains how magic and dragons make sense, so I accept those things. Some things are unrealistic but must be accepted in order for the game to function. Combat I'm looking at you on that one. With the above, I accept X level of unrealistic, but that doesn't meant that X+1 is okay. When I get to Iserith's level, it's more like X+1000, which is intolerable for me. That I'm okay with magic and dragons doesn't in any way mean that I have to be okay with everything unrealistic. I'm not sure what you mean by in-game comparisons. Would you elaborate on that? For me, it needs to make sense with the PC in question. Going back to troll weakness (of course :) ), if a PC grew up near the troll moors, I wouldn't even make him roll. He would just know. A PC from far away that had some knowledge of swamps or monsters would get a fairly easy roll. A PC from the desert where trolls just don't ever go and with no background to indicate possible knowledge would not know or get a roll. I don't buy the "I overheard it in a tavern" justification. [/QUOTE]

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